[Verse]
F
I never liked baseball
A#
But I always ended up on the team
F
I wasn't drawn to the girls
A#
In the Sports Illustrated Magazine
[Bridge]
F
And when push came to shove
I hid who I was
A#
Under lock and key
F
I built a whole man
I didn't understand
A# C
And people called him me
[Chorus]
A# F
Push it down and play it safe
C Dm
Get in line or get away
A# F C Dm
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
C A# F
And now my life is a series of confrontations
C Dm C
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
A# F C
On my search for who I was meant to be
Dm C
Who I was meant to be
[Verse]
F
I was in touch with my emotions
A#
But no one could еver know it but me
F
How could I evеr be respected
A#
If somebody else perceives me as weak?
[Bridge]
F
So when push came to shove
I lived in disgust
A#
Under lock and key
F
I built a whole man
I didn't understand
A# C
And people called him me
[Chorus]
A# F
Push it down and play it safe
C Dm
Get in line or get away
A# F C
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
Dm C A# F
And now my life is a series of confrontations
C Dm C
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
A# F C
On my search for who I was meant to be
Dm C A#
Who I was meant to be
A# F C Dm
You'll never know if you don't let go
A# F C Dm
You'll never know if you don't let go
[Bridge]
A# F
Push it down and play it safe
C Dm
Get in line or get away
A# F G C
You did what you had to do to make it through the day
[Chorus]
A# F
And now my life is a series of confrontations
C Dm
Between my traits and the ones I was fakin
A# F C
On my search for who I was meant to be
Dm A#
Who I was meant to be
Dm C A#
Who I was meant to be