Holding On To Smoke chords by Motionless In White

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

C minorCm        AbAb
I'm tired of feeling comatose
   C minorCm         AbAb
I've lost the me that I loved most
   C minorCm        AbAb
I'm barely holding on to smoke
   C minorCm        AbAb
I'm barely holding on to smoke

C minorCm AbAb C minorCm AbAb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb


Verse 1:
 C minorCm
I'm not addicted but I'm not clean

Why do I do this to myself on repeat?
AbAb
So disconnected from my own reality

A minorAm I man or machine?
   C minorCm
If I give, will you take?

As I lie for the taste
      AbAb
I just fuck it up
       C minorCm Bb majorBb
As you lap it up
 AbAb
          FF
Through flesh and bone
    Bb majorBb AbAb
I walk alone

         F minorFm
If I run, will I fade away?
  C minorCm             Bb majorBb
'Cause I don't wanna leave it behind


Chorus:
      C minorCm      AbAb
In all my pride, all my shame
     C minorCm      AbAb
I find strength enough to show you
    C minorCm        AbAb
I may bend but I won't break
      Bb majorBb
Because I define who I
       Bb majorBb
Define who I become

Verse 2:
  C minorCm
I miss the me that I have not met

Choking in silence on the words left unsaid
  AbAb
I feel a sickness for a home I've never been

And I exist in black and white but now I'm seeing red
  C minorCm
I built a shelter in complacency
                         AbAb
Locked myself in and set fire and threw away the key

Too scared to live but I'm afraid to die

So am I living or am I just alive?

Chorus:
     C minorCm      AbAb
All my pride, all my shame
     C minorCm      AbAb
I find strength enough to show you
    C minorCm     AbAb
I may bend but I won't break
   Bb majorBb
I define who I become
      C minorCm        AbAb
'Cause I'm tired of feeling comatose
   C minorCm            AbAb
I've lost the me that I loved most
   C minorCm        AbAb
I'm barely holding on to smoke
     Bb majorBb
But I'm holding on
I'm holding on

Breakdown:
  C minorCm
Broken
I'm holding on
          Bb majorBb C minorCm
Driven to right the wrong
      AbAb          Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb
Silent, connected yet I feel so separated
 C minorCm
Fallen through flesh and bone
         Bb majorBb C minorCm
Frozen
I stand alone
             Bb majorBb
Deafened in silence, the voice remains

Bridge:
     C minorCm        AbAb
Behind my eyes, beneath my rage
     C minorCm        AbAb
I was struggling to get through
    C minorCm       AbAb
Out of time and out of faith

I define who I become

Chorus:
      C minorCm      AbAb
In all my pride, all my shame
     C minorCm      AbAb
I find strength enough to show you
    C minorCm     AbAb
I may bend but I won't break
     Bb majorBb
'Cause I define who I
       C minorCm
Define who I become
   C minorCm        AbAb
I'm tired of feeling comatose
  C minorCm         AbAb
I lost the me that I loved most
   C minorCm        AbAb
I'm barely holding on to smoke
     Bb majorBb
But I'm holding on
I'm holding on
   C minorCm       AbAb
I'm tired of being human, tired of being numb
 C minorCm          AbAb
Waiting for the holy ghost to come
  C minorCm            AbAb
So save me from the webs that I have spun
  Bb majorBb         ~
I'm holding on, holding on
                C minorCm
I'm holding on, holding on to smoke

BbmBbm C minorCm G+G AbAb