This is not intended to sound like the album. This is how I play a stripped down version of the song with a solo acoustic guitar. Bm D G G Bm D I was looking down at you smiling underneath G G For once I held you tight, but shadow hands grabbed at me Bm D You're head was in the clouds, now those clouds are in your head G G It's when you needed me, so I listened to what you said Bm D Look another year went by, G They keep passing by, G But damn I didn't even die, Bm D Too old and slow I've grown, G G I fought time but lost Bm D G G Bm D It was love like a callus you scarred enough to be G G Tough and immune, your body adapts you see Bm D To all above my head, and all below my feet G G No that's one freedom you'll never take from me Bm D Look another year went by, G They keep passing by, G But damn I didn't even die, Bm D Too old and slow I've grown, G G I fought time but lost Bm D G G To criticize and judge, how did I end up here Bm D G G With these standards I'm forced to love, make me disappear Bm D G G Hold tight, hold tight Bm D G G x2 Bm D G G To criticize and judge, how did I end up here Bm D G G With these standards I'm forced to love, make me disappear Bm D G G To criticize and judge, how did I end up here Bm D G G With these standards I'm forced to love, make me disappear Bm D G G Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight, hold tight Bm D Look another year went by G G Bm D G G Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight, hold tight Bm D G G ... lyrics from http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Matroshka-lyrics-Dredg/C2B0BE308380F2E148257038000894E4