Verse
A#m
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
D#m Gb G# A#m
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
A#m
I get so confused and I don't understand
A#m
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
D#m
But you don't get the chance
Gb G# A#m
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Gb
I don't know the score anymore
A#m
It's not clear anymore
Gb
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
A#m
I just don't understand
[Verse]
A#m
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
A#m
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
A#m
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
A#m
At the time just a little white lie
D#m
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
Gb
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
Gb7/Fb
That even the good guys must die
D#m
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Dsus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
C# G#/C# Gb/C# G# C# G#/C# Gb/C#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G# Gb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# C#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
G#/C# Gb/C# G# C# G#/C# Gb/C#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G# Gb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
You stand so close but you never understand it
Gb G#/Gb Gb G#/Gb A#m
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
A#m
And you sit there and talk revolution
A#m
But can you tell me just who's in command?
D#m
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Gb
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
A#m
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
A#m
And our voices are gagged by our greed
D#m
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
Gb
By the hill and the will to succeed
Gb7/Fb
And if that's not what you believe
D#m
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Dsus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
C# G#/C# Gb/C# G# C# G#/C# Gb/C#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G# Gb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# C#
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
G#/C# Gb/C# G# C# G#/C# Gb/C#
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
G# Gb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G# G#sus4 G#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
Gb G#/Gb Gb G#/Gb
But it all disappears when it's always so near
Gb G#/Gb Gb G#/Gb
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
G# Gb C#/F D#m A#m
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Gb C#/F D#m A#m
Nothing here is ever what it seems
Gb C#/F D#m A#m Gb
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
G#/Gb Gb G#/Gb
That preside over our minds and our lives
Gb G#/Gb Gb G#/Gb A#m
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
A#m
Day by day it's getting louder
A#m
And day by day it's getting stronger
Gb A#m/F
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).