Chords for Witt Lowry - If You Don't Like the Story Write Your Own (Official Music Video)

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Had to let go of who I [Cm] thought I should be to find who I am
Don't [Bb] mean to edit it one [Bb] for the gram
But I mean the one [Fm] who needs love, has fear and doubt
And only comes out around fam, [Ab] see I'm just a man
I bleed and it's red, been [Eb] trying to quiet the voice in my head
Too weak [F] to repeat [Fm] all the things that it says
You're destined to slip when you live on the edge
And I'm doing [Cm] my best but it's never enough
It's always hate when [Eb] you go follow this up
I give [Fm] up so much of myself, my art, my soul
There isn't much left in my cup, not [Cm] praying enough
Don't know who to trust, don't follow for follow, I follow my gut
There is [Fm] no more room for discourse anymore
Some right and you're wrong and agree or shut up
What [Cm] in the fuck, what will we learn?
Together [Eb] we grow and divided we burn
There's [Fm] over 7 billion of us on earth
And here I am talking about [Fm] putting me first
And all [Cm] of my hurt, like anyone cares
I [Eb] have a tendency to overshare
[Fm] Crazy to look at a sea full of people
And still feel like there isn't anyone there as [Ab] everyone stares
I swear that I'm fine, [Eb] tears streaming out of both of my eyes
They [Fm] love to see all this raw and real emotion
So they can upload it online, this [Ab] story is mine
They took and rewrote it, they'll do [Bb] anything for a click
And they post it but never [Fm] with credit
My art has been lessened to trends while people pretend like they own it
Okay, [Cm] you only know this, they shade you through time
Things [Eb] that I wanted are losing their shine
Now [Fm] all I want is a text or to talk to my dad
But no, I never get [Fm] a reply
Now I [Cm] waste all my mind, not trying hard
But [Eb] I have to live with this hole in my heart
And [Fm] maybe the only real way that I know how to cope
Is by losing myself in the art, I said [Ab] things that were harsh
And I never meant, I let [Gm] this continually [Bb] mesh with my head
[Fm] So many things that I wish I had done in that set
But fuck, I never saw them again
Sometimes [Ab] I'll make amends, just pull back the curtain
I barely was there, everyone [Bb] here was hurting
And [Fm] I think of dad, I think damn, what a terrible son
And I question myself as a person, a [Cm] human still learning _ _
_ _ Just a [Bb] human still learning _ _
_ _ No, I'll [Ab] never be perfect _ _
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Yeah
_ [Eb] _ [Cm] Someone mentioned the music was saving their life
They relate to it so much it hurts
[Ab] And I thought to myself, I'm so glad I can help
But it's you who put in all the work
[Fm] So don't give me credit, cause I'm just a [Eb] human
Who loses himself in his words
[Ab] I wonder if Steve ever thought that one day
We'd be treating the [Eb] net like a church
[Cm] And hold up these content creators and Netflix and artists
As [Eb] if they were gods
[Fm] Until we decide they no longer have value
Then they're thrown [D] away and forgot
[Ab] See honestly, all that we are is a [Eb] sum of our vices
Our [Bb] fears and our flaws
[Fm] And then at the end we end up in a box that can't bring anything
[C] That we bought, all the [Cm] things that were not make us who we are
[Eb] Nobody thought I would make it this far
Used to [Fm] shoot for the sky till I realized I didn't
They've been proving that humans are [Fm] made out of stars
I [Cm] spill out my heart, it's all that I know
[Eb] Never been good at just letting shit go
Do you [Fm] know how it feels to sink all that you have in your crap
Just to feel like there's nothing to [Ab] show
This here is a poem, a letter, a song
[Gm] I don't know where in the [Bb] fuck I belong
There's [Fm] nothing more lonely than being surrounded by people
Yeah, all of your people are wrong
I [Ab] feel like a pawn, I feel like I'm trapped
There's [Gm] people I miss, I can [Eb] never get back
But I've been [Fm] learning that life's not about how much water we have
It's about how we look in the [Cm] glass, that's a lot to unpack
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[Eb] this is your final try
Give them [Fm] all that you have
Yeah, _ ever since I don't know what it's [Ab] like to hold back
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[Bb] when the story's authentic you [Fm] don't need to ask
Yeah, never needed to ask
Yeah, there's concepts I [Cm] need to explore
Feelings I can't just [Eb] ignore
Who cares what you do, who you doing it [Fm] for
On my hollow tables and curtsies I used to serve food that I couldn't afford
Mom and [Ab] dad got divorced, mom just got remarried
For [Bb] most of my life, our commitment was scary
But [Fm] now I don't know
Some places you can't take a road
If you don't like the story, you should [Cm] write your own _ _ _
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