( C - Eb )
You know me

I used to get caught up in everyday life

Trying to make it through my day so I could sleep at

night

Trying to figure my way through the maze of rights and

wrongs

But like you used to say

Nothing feels like it's really worth it


      ( C - Eb )
Forget perfect

I'm trying not to be worthless

Since I last saw you I've been looking for a purpose

Well, I met this kid who thought like I did

He had a weird way of looking at it

This is what he said
      ( C - Eb )
Slip out the back before they know you were there

And at the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared

Slip out the back before they know you were there

And at the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared
      ( C - Eb )
Now

I don't remember where I met him or remember his name

But he walked funny like he was just too big for his

frame

Just over five foot but he weighed a buck-fifty

And what he said seemed so right

It stuck with me
      ( C - Eb )
Listen

It's like poker

You can play your best

But you gotta know when to fold your cards and take a

rest

And know when to hold your cards

Hold your breath

And hope that nobody else is stacking the deck

Because
      ( C - Eb )
I don't need to tell you that life isn't fair

It doesn't care

It arbitrarily cuts off your air

And like you I want someone to say its okay

In the truest part of our hearts everybody's afraid

We're just underappreciated and overwhelmed

Fighting so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring

ourselves

You understand what I'm saying cuz you always did

But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid
      ( C - Eb )
Who said slip out the back before they know you were

there

At the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared
      ( C - Eb )
Slip out the back before they know you were there

At the worst you'll see nobody cares

Cuz you don't wanna be around when it all goes down

Even heroes know when to be scared


       ( C# - Eb )
.../And I'm no hero

You remember how it was

You know

All I ever did was worry

Feeling out of control

To the point where everything is going end over end

I'm spinning around in circles again

This is where you come in

All of this to explain to you why

I had to separate myself away from yesterday's life

Please remember

This isn't how I hoped it would be

But I had to protect you from me/...


       ( C - Eb )
That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I
was there
I know you felt unprepared
But every single time I was around I'd just bring you
down
And I could tell that it was time to be scared

That's why I slipped out the back before you knew I
was there
And I know the way I left
It wasn't fair
I didn't wanna be around just to bring you down
I'm not a hero but don't think I didn't care