Verse
F#
Is this danger?
F# C#
Is this true love?
F# B F#
Is this something I can hope to know?
F#
Is this laughter?
F# C#
Is this anger?
F# B F#
Is this a reason to lose control?
[Guitar starts here in original recording]
[Pre-chorus 1]
C# D#m B
I have stood on the mountain apex
F# C#
Waiting for the truth
C# D#m B
I have walked a million miles
F# C#
Just to see what I already knew
[Verse 2]
F#
Is this a basket?
F# C#
Is this my own life?
F# B F#
Is this container to never use?
F#
Is this sadness?
F# C#
Is this past us?
F# B F#
Is this a moment we did not choose?
[Pre-chorus 2]
C# D#m B
I have walked through the darkest forest
F# C#
Waiting for inspiration
C# D#m B
I have prayed a million hail marys
F# C#
Just to wait at that godless station
[Chorus]
F# B F#
I've been holding back on loving you
B F# B C#
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
F# B F#
I’ve been holding back on holding you
B F# B C#
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
[Verse 3]
F#
Is this wisdom?
F# C#
Is this garbage?
F# B F#
Is this something I can throw away?
F#
Is this caution?
F# C#
Is this springtime?
F# B F#
Is this a season that will not stay?
[Solo]
[Chorus]
F# B F#
I've been holding back on loving you
B F# B C#
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
F# B F#
I’ve been holding back on holding you
B F# B C#
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
[Verse 4]
F#
Is this over?
F# C#
Is this my wish?
F# B F#
Is this a speech that I have never heard?
F#
Is this a lion?
F# C#
Is this a lamb?
F# B F#
Is this a nature where we can’t be sure?