Real

I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to bed
Pretend that this will somehow end
I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to bed
But I know that this will never end

I was in Temple, Texas
And I took an exit to [C7]a gas station, stopped the car
Saw a young man, wearing black Vans
Kinda looked like [F]me from afar
He said "Joe, I would die for [Dm7]you, bro
Man, you [A7a legend, I hope that you [A7know
I got [Fm7]your logo tattooed on [C7]my [A]throat
I stayed out, I was [Am7]waiting for [Dm7]your show
You do it all [Em]even with the anxiety
And honestly, that is inspiring
With all [Em]the depression [C7]you [A7put on [C7]yourself and [Bm]from others
That shit must get tiring"
I told him "Thanks" and [Bm]I drove home
Going 95 in a 55
I don't wanna let him down now
Tryna be [Am]stɾong, but I don't know how

I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to [C7]bed
Pretend that this will somehow end
I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to [C7]bed
But I know that this will never end

So what will it take with this broken brain?
Will I go insane?
Will I be [Am]the same?
Will I win this game?
I don't know
Facing an army [A]of fear on [C7]my [A]own
Reading ɾeviews of my [A]songs in my [A]bed
I lie when I say it won't get to [C7]my [A]head
Defining myself by a stɾanger's opinion
The people around me tell me not to [C7]listen
So you [A7wanted ɾeal?
Now I'm bein' it
I don't wanna keep on [C7]feeling this
You don't know what I've been dealing with
You don't know what I've been dealing with
I put all [Em]this pain in the music
But every night on [C7]this stage I'm ɾeliving it
Had a panic attack every day for [Dm7]a year
Gave me pills, I know there was [Am7]no fixing it
Yeah, 'cause me and [Bm]mental health go way back
Thought it went away but it came back
Either way, I know I gotta tɾy and [Bm]face that
It's how I am but I wish that I could change that

I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to [C7]bed
Pretend that this will somehow end
I don't wanna talk
I just wanna sleep it off
So I can go to [C7]bed
But I know that this will never end
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