Verse
D#m
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
G#m Cb C# D#m
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
D#m
I get so confused and I don't understand
D#m
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
G#m
But you don't get the chance
Cb C# D#m
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Cb
I don't know the score anymore
D#m
It's not clear anymore
Cb
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
D#m
I just don't understand
[Verse]
D#m
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
D#m
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
D#m
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
D#m
At the time just a little white lie
G#m
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
Cb
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
Cb7/A
That even the good guys must die
G#m
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Gsus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
F# C#/F# Cb/F# C# F# C#/F# Cb/F#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C# Cb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# F#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
C#/F# Cb/F# C# F# C#/F# Cb/F#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C# Cb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
You stand so close but you never understand it
Cb C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb D#m
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
D#m
And you sit there and talk revolution
D#m
But can you tell me just who's in command?
G#m
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Cb
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
D#m
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
D#m
And our voices are gagged by our greed
G#m
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
Cb
By the hill and the will to succeed
Cb7/A
And if that's not what you believe
G#m
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Gsus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
F# C#/F# Cb/F# C# F# C#/F# Cb/F#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C# Cb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# F#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
C#/F# Cb/F# C# F# C#/F# Cb/F#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
C# Cb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus4 C#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
Cb C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb
But it all disappears when it's always so near
Cb C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
C# Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m
Nothing here is ever what it seems
Cb F#/A# G#m D#m Cb
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb
That preside over our minds and our lives
Cb C#/Cb Cb C#/Cb D#m
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
D#m
Day by day it's getting louder
D#m
And day by day it's getting stronger
Cb D#m/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).