If You Knew - Joel Faviere
This song was written by Faviere for his friend as a self-harm awareness and
prevention song. It's beautifully written and details the story of a self harmer
and the feelings associated with self-harm. Learned this song by ear and I cannot
gurantee that it's 100% correct.
Key: D major
Capo on 2
[Intro]
C Em C Em
[Verse 1]
C Em
They think you're crazy.
C Em
They think you're mad.
C Em C Em
They call you stupid, worthless, tell you you're not worth it.
C Em C
Now you're walkin' back, to a place you call home,
Em
but you feel so alone.
C Em
The same hurtful hits, it's your darker place.
C Em (mute)
In your virgin ears, the remarks they make.
[Chorus]
F Em F
And if they, if they really knew all of those things.
(ring out) C
That you do in your room, to hide the pain.
Em
I bet their minds would change.
C Em
I'll bet their minds would change.
C Em C
They'd change, If they knew the pain. Change.
C C
I believe in these scars, I believe