Chords with lyrics
Intro :
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm FF E minorEm C majorC
Verse :
A minorAm FF G+G
I met a prophet dark as the night
C majorC G+G A minorAm
She could see into my soul
FF G+G
Said she'd been watching and had some advice
C majorC G+G A minorAm
She said shadows make you whole
FF G+G
A augmentedA life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm FF
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds
G+G
You'll find the gold
Chorus :
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
Child it's time to break the shell
FF E minorEm FF G+G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
FF E minorEm FF G+G C majorC
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Verse :
A minorAm FF G+G
I can remember when I was a child
C majorC G+G A minorAm
How the grown folks seemed so crazy
FF G+G
Why are they so angry, why are they so loud ?
C majorC G+G A minorAm
And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me
FF G+G
That was the moment that I decide
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm FF
That I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall
G+G
Too strong to fall
Chorus :
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
Child it's time to break the shell
FF E minorEm FF G+G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
FF E minorEm FF G+G C majorC
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Bridge :
FF C majorC
Courage is not being hard
E minorEm
It's time to peel back all of the layers
A minorAm D MajorD
You put between who you're meant to be
FF
And who you are
F minorFm
And go be who you are
Verse :
A minorAm FF G+G
So much disappointment to finally understand
C majorC G+G A minorAm
That there is no such thing as perfect
FF G+G
Were all simply doing the best that we can
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm FF
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive
G+G C majorC
This is your life
Chorus :
(C majorC) G+G A minorAm E minorEm
Child it's time to break the shell
FF E minorEm FF G+G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
FF E minorEm FF G+G C majorC
You cannot fly until you break the shell
(C majorC) G+G A minorAm E minorEm
Child it's time to break the shell
FF E minorEm FF G+G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C majorC G+G A minorAm E minorEm
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
FF E minorEm FF G+G C majorC
A augmentedA bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
Ending :
A minorAm G+G C majorC G+G
Do with these words what you will
FF G+G D MajorD
It's time for us to be for real
FF G+G D MajorD FF
You'll be stuck on the ground until
A minorAm G+G C majorC
You finally break the shell