Capo 1st fret Verse 1 A C# Finally, I'm crossing the threshold D Dm From the ordinary world, to the reveal of my heart A C# Undoubtedly, that will for certain D Dm Take the dead out of the sea, and the darkness from the arts Pre-Chorus 1 A This is my commitment (ah-ah-ahh) C# My modern manifesto (ah-ahh) D I'm doing it for all of us (ah-ahh) Dm Who never got the chance (ah-ah ah-ah) A I'm in for ahhh (shut-up, shut-up) C# And all my Birds of Paradise (shut-up, shut-up) D Who never got to fly at night (shut-up, shut-up) Dm 'Cause they were caught up in the dens (ah-ah ah-ah ahh) Chorus 1 A Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind F#m I want to get off but I keep riding the ride A I never really notice that I had to decide F#m To play someone's game or live my own life (play only open low E-string, not full E chord): E A E A And now I do, I want to move E A E A Out of the black (out of the black), into the blue (into the blue) EA Verse 2 A C# Finally, gone is the burden D Dm Of the crowdly way of being, that comes from energies combined A C# Like my part was I, was not discerning D Dm And you as we found out, were not in your right mind Pre-Chorus 2 A There's no more chasing rainbows (ah-ahh) C# And hoping for an end to them (ah-ahh) D Their arches are illusions (ah-ahh) Dm Solid at first glance (ah-ah ah-ah) A But then you try to touch them (touch, touch) C# There's nothing to hold on to (hold, hold) D The colors used to lure you in (you in) Dm And put you in a trance (ah-ah ah-ah ahh) Chorus 2 A Sometimes it feels like I've got a war in my mind F#m I want to get off but I keep riding the ride A I never really notice that I had to decide F#m To play someone's game or live my own life (play only open low E-string, not full E chord): E A E A And now I do, I want to move E A E A Out of the black (out of the black), into the blue (into the blue) E A E A Out of the black (out of the black), into the blue (into the blue) EA