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