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