Verse
Dm
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
Gm A# C Dm
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Dm
I get so confused and I don't understand
Dm
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
Gm
But you don't get the chance
A# C Dm
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
A#
I don't know the score anymore
Dm
It's not clear anymore
A#
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
Dm
I just don't understand
[Verse]
Dm
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
Dm
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
Dm
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
Dm
At the time just a little white lie
Gm
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
A#
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
A#7/Ab
That even the good guys must die
Gm
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
F#sus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
F C/F A#/F C F C/F A#/F
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C A#
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C F
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
C/F A#/F C F C/F A#/F
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C A#
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
A# F/A Gm Dm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A# F/A Gm Dm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
A# F/A Gm Dm
You stand so close but you never understand it
A# C/A# A# C/A# Dm
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
Dm
And you sit there and talk revolution
Dm
But can you tell me just who's in command?
Gm
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
A#
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
Dm
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
Dm
And our voices are gagged by our greed
Gm
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
A#
By the hill and the will to succeed
A#7/Ab
And if that's not what you believe
Gm
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
F#sus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
F C/F A#/F C F C/F A#/F
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C A#
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C F
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
C/F A#/F C F C/F A#/F
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C A#
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
Csus4 C Csus4 C Csus4 C
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
A# F/A Gm Dm
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A# F/A Gm Dm
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
A# F/A Gm Dm
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
A# C/A# A# C/A#
But it all disappears when it's always so near
A# C/A# A# C/A#
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
C A# F/A Gm Dm
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
A# F/A Gm Dm
Nothing here is ever what it seems
A# F/A Gm Dm A#
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
C/A# A# C/A#
That preside over our minds and our lives
A# C/A# A# C/A# Dm
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
Dm
Day by day it's getting louder
Dm
And day by day it's getting stronger
A# Dm/A
But when I can't scream no more and I need reassurance,
Ddim
I listen to the crowd
[Outro]
Ddim
And the boy stood and stared at the hill; and the hill - it stared back
Chords by Michael Trost (Mitch 18 Januar).