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