Album: Crooked Teeth (2017)
[Intro-Cello]
B G Em E
B G A Bm
B Bm Em E
B Em B G
Got my back to the wall
Bm
Got my back to the wall
[Verse 1]
B
I got my back to the wall and now I'm slippin'
G E
Been tryna deal with the thoughts and my condition
B
And still I try to hang on to what I'm missing
G E B
But something's settin' me off, somebody listen
Bm
I been runnin' from fate without a lifeline
Em E B
But now I'm in the wrong place at the wrong time
G
Tryna find an escape, lookin' to get by
E
From never gettin' a break, cuttin' the brake line
[Chorus]
B D
I've been hangin' by a thread
G D F# B
With my feet over the edge
G D F#
Got my back against the wall, wall, wall
B D
Will this nightmare ever end?
Bm
Will I break before I bend?
D G D F# B E
If I slip and lose it all, no-thing's gonna break the fall
B Bm
If I lose it all, nothing's gonna break the fall
[Verse 2]
B
I got my head in the game I'm on a mission
G E
But ever day is the same, a demolition
B
We are the marginalized but not the victims
G E
Fighting the fight of our lives to make you listen
Em E B
You got me losin' my breath it's been a long run
G E
I'm tryin' hard to forget, but I know the outcome
B
I got a thousand regrets, and now I'm on one
Bm G B
I might be losing my head before the song's done
[Chorus]
B G
I've been hangin' by a thread
D F# B
With my feet over the edge
G D
Got my back against the wall
B D
Will this nightmare ever end?
F# B
Will I break before I bend?
Bm G
If I slip and lose it all,
D F# B
nothing's gonna break the fall
[Bridge]
B
Gotta get my head together, my head together
Bm
I been tryna keep my head together
Bm
Beat down
B
Gotta get my head together, my head together
Em
I been tryna keep my head together
E
A beat down
B Bm
Gotta get my head together, my head together
B
I been tryna keep my head together
Em
A beat down
B
Gotta get my head together, my head together
Bm
I been tryna keep my head together
Em Am
A beat down
[Chorus]
Am F F#
I've been hangin' by a thread
D F# B
With my feet over the edge
G D
Got my back against the wall
B D
Will this nightmare ever end?
B
Will I break before I bend?
Bm G D F# B
If I slip and lose it all, nothing's gonna break the fall
B
Break the fall
B
If I lose it all, nothing's gonna break the fall