Verse
G#m
Listen to me, just hear me out, if I could have your attention
C#m Fb F# G#m
Just quieten down for a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
G#m
I get so confused and I don't understand
G#m
I know you feel the same way you've always wanted to say
C#m
But you don't get the chance
Fb F# G#m
Just a voice in the crowd (in the crowd)
Fb
I don't know the score anymore
G#m
It's not clear anymore
Fb
I can't tell right from wrong anymore
G#m
I just don't understand
[Verse]
G#m
I was just sitting here thinking of exchanging a new world for old
G#m
Like changing channels on the tv, or the dirt we stand in to gold
G#m
When I was young my father told me just bad guys die
G#m
At the time just a little white lie
C#m
It was one of the first but it hurt me the most
Fb
And the truth stung like tears in my eyes
Fb7/D
That even the good guys must die
C#m
There's no reasoning no crimes and I never knew why
Csus2
Even now it still makes me cry
[Chorus]
B F#/B Fb/B F# B F#/B Fb/B
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F# Fb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# B
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
F#/B Fb/B F# B F#/B Fb/B
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F# Fb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
You stand so close but you never understand it
Fb F#/Fb Fb F#/Fb G#m
For all that we see is not all that it seems, am I blind?
[Verse]
G#m
And you sit there and talk revolution
G#m
But can you tell me just who's in command?
C#m
When you tell me the forces we're fighting
Fb
Then I'll join you and gladly make plans
G#m
But for now just our t-shirts cry freedom
G#m
And our voices are gagged by our greed
C#m
Our minds are harnessed by knowledge
Fb
By the hill and the will to succeed
Fb7/D
And if that's not what you believe
C#m
Would you just let me know I'm not standing alone
Csus2
That I'm not just a voice in the crowd
[Chorus]
B F#/B Fb/B F# B F#/B Fb/B
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F# Fb
Just a little helping hand, just a little understanding
F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# B
Just some answers to the questions that surround me now
F#/B Fb/B F# B F#/B Fb/B
If there's somebody up there, could they throw me down a line
F# Fb
Just a little guiding light to tell wrong from right
F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F# F#sus4 F#
Just some answers to the questions that I'm asking you
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
I keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
Where nothing here is ever what it seems
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
You're reaching out, you're so close you can touch it
Fb F#/Fb Fb F#/Fb
But it all disappears when it's always so near
Fb F#/Fb Fb F#/Fb
But one day we will find that we stand in the light
[Chorus]
F# Fb B/D# C#m G#m
Until then I'll keep a vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Fb B/D# C#m G#m
Nothing here is ever what it seems
Fb B/D# C#m G#m Fb
I'm scared to shout in case I draw attention from the powers
F#/Fb Fb F#/Fb
That preside over our minds and our lives
Fb F#/Fb Fb F#/Fb G#m
When they find what I want is the deadliest weapon, that is truth
[Verse]
G#m
Day by day it's getting louder
G#m
And day by day it's getting stronger
Fb G#m/D#
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).