[Verse 1]
C#m
I’ve been down in the dumps for so long
B
I feel like writing a song.
C#m
I want to share with you what I’ve been through,
B
Show you the world from my point of view.
[Refrain]
G# C#m
Only if you care to listen
G# C#m
Only if you give me your ear,
F# B
I’ll tell you anyway how I got
C#m
On my way up.
N.C. C#m
On my way up.
[Interlude]
C#m
[Verse 2]
C#m
I’ve been wanting to go out and get a drink.
B
My family told me to go see a shrink.
C#m
My shrink asked me to change the way I think
B
And feel and do, about everything.
[Refrain]
G# C#m
My shrink says “talk to your family”;
G# C#m
Family tells me “go do therapy”.
F# B N.C.
Who do I even talk to?
C#m
I feel so lost.
N.C. C#m
I feel so lost.
[Interlude]
C#m
[Verse 3]
C#m
So now that I know “how to fix my life
B
And my relation with my parents and my wife”,
C#m
I’ll tell you I really know
B
How to be happy, not just for show.
[Refrain]
G# C#m
I make plan after plan for myself,
G# C#m
Unable to follow through with any of them.
F# B N.C.
Between addiction and depression
C#m
I am still stuck.
N.C. C#m
Oh what the
[Interlude]
C#m
[Verse 4]
C#m
Wallowing in self-pity and madness,
B
Fetishizing my own sadness,
C#m
Getting tired of feeling so crappy
B
At one point you just choose to be happy.
[Refrain]
G# C#m
You just decide to get up and do.
G# C#m
Do what needs to be done for you.
G# C#m
Like I’ve always told you love is a choice.
G# C#m
So is self love and love for your life.
F# B N.C.
Between work and gratitude
C#m
I feel so blessed.
C#m
Wish me the best.
[Outro]
C#m
I’m still depressed,
C#m
But not repressed.
C#m
No more repressed,
C#m
Slightly depressed.
C#m
Wish me the best,
C#m
I feel so blessed.
Dm