VERSE 1 C Em What's it gonna take for me? G I'm on my hands and knees, while all the poets fill the pages of loose leaf C Em G D I feel cheap, and I feel empty C Em G We will bathe in the sea of disbelief, but we will not go quickly. C Em G D No we will not die so easily BRIDGE C Em G D C Em G D And I knew that this would happen, it always does Hmmm C Em G D C Em G D And I couldn't stop my reaction, so I let it come D D D I let it come! CHORUS C G D I still hold the belief that we are free, Em that we don't need the rules to see C G D that despite what we've done, we're not alone D G C We're closer than we think to home VERSE 2 C Em G It didn't take me long to believe that I could do anything, G D C we turn the songs up loud so we can sing C Em G D I am true and I am living C Em G D We will walk through the valley of the shadow of the boring and burn it all C Em G D No we will not go quietly BRIDGE C Em G D C Em G D And I knew that this would happen, it always does Hmmm C Em G D C Em G D And I couldn't stop my reaction, so I let it come D D D I let it come! CHORUS C G D I still hold the belief that we are free, Em that we don't need the rules to see C G D that despite what we've done, we're not alone D Em We're closer than we think to home B C D B To home, to home, To home C Em G D C Em G D Across the water you call me, but I'm not listening as I sink down C Em G G C Em G Water fills my lungs as I begin to drown D I knew that this would [happen] BREAK C G Em D CHORUS C G D I still hold the belief that we are free, Em that we don't need the rules to see C G D that despite what we've done, we're not alone D G C We're closer than we think to home