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Key: Bb Minor
πΈ Intro:
Bbm
πΈ Chorus:
Bbm Db
Ash and dust
Ab Gb
Everything I care about and love
Bbm Db
Burning up (Yeah)
Ab Gb
(Alright, turn my, uh, vocal up) Nothing left of who I thought I was
Gb
(And then just let it run) I was
πΈ Verse:
Bbm
Uh, I'm stuck in traffic
Db
Tryna find my way to a home that I've never known on a GPS with no address
Ab
So I'll follow my heart, but my heart is scattered
Gb
Like my father's ashes in the back of the rental after I dropped his urn
Bbm
Probably a metaphor for everything I've learned
Db
Like how the only love I'll have is gonna crash and burn
Ab
Or how the poorest I've felt was after the most I've earned
Gb
The biggest lie I told is that no one should be concerned
Bbm
There's gotta be another highway that don't lead to Hell
Db
A star to lead me through the darkest night like Christian Bale
Ab
I hid from God for more than two decades of life
Gb
And when I came back to the light, He didn't ask me if I'm Christian still
Bbm
Just opened up His arms and embraced me like I'm His Son
Db
Erasing all the archetypes of what people like me become
Ab
Since I was young, my personality split like serpent's tongue
Gb
But all the poison in my body still ain't make me numb
Bbm
I lost a best friend and felt all that
Db
Crying on his open casket while I knelt on that
Ab
I had a best man picked out for my wedding
Gb
But instead of getting married, I carried guilt and left all that
Bbm
A vagabond that broke a bond for Boca Raton
Db
Who all along regretted he never kept all that
Ab Gb
I left everything behind but this engagement ring and a frozen heart
Gb
I'm standin' in the fire to melt all that, yeah
πΈ Chorus:
Bbm Db
Ash and dust
Ab Gb
Everything I care about and love
Bbm Db
(Burn!) Burning up
Ab Gb
Nothing left of who I thought I was
Gb
I was
INSTRUMENTAL:
Bbm Db Ab Gb
πΈ Bridge:
Gb
I, I, I was (Yeah) (Burn!)
πΈ Verse:
Bbm
Lash out
Db
Need to take a breath and calm down
Ab
Try to regulate, don't know how
Gb
Wasn't taught that in my house
Bbm
Kids of my own, I step back
Db
Look at those smiles and feel sad
Ab
Hope they don't wind up like Dad
Gb
Stuck in this loop like I am
Bbm
I've (Burn!)
Bbm
Called you, never heard back
Db
After everything we been through, the good and the bad
Ab
You're 'bout to throw it all away and overreact
Gb
Because I overreacted, karma, I guess
Bbm
My temper gets the best of me, a part of me that
Db
I wish I knew how to get rid of, it's a issue I haveβ
Ab
My M.O. say I need you and I love you to death
Gb
Then turn around and go and treat you like you nothing but trash, I know
Bbm
I know I messed that part up, but
Db Ab
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Gb
Yeah, I know
πΈ Outro:
Bbm
Sometimes I lash out
Db
Need to take a breath and calm down
Ab
Try to regulate, don't know how
Gb
Wasn't taught that in my house
Bbm
Kids of my own, I step back
Db
Look at those smiles and feel sad
Ab
Hope they don't wind up like Dad
Gb
Stuck in this loop like I am, Iβ
Other versions of this song
- Who I Was (Intro)
Song History
Published: November 25, 2025
Last Updated: November 25, 2025