WELL I CAN’T WAIT // TO SEE YOUR NEXT MISTAKE
I JUST CAN’T WAIT // TIL YOU’RE HERE LYING ON THE FLOOR
FACE DOWN // LIKE IT WON’T HURT NO MORE
HEART BRUISED // HOW DID IT GET SO SORE
YOUR WORLD’S ENDING YET AGAIN
I GOTTA GO AND TRY TO ESCAPE
I DONT KNOW WHO I AM
I DON’T KNOW WHERE I BELONG
I’LL JUST DO WHAT I CAN
I’LL JUST DO WHAT YOU WON’T
BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD
BEEN HERE BEFORE
BUT I CAN’T
WALK THIS WORLD NO MORE
BEEN ON MY OWN
BEEN ALL ALONE
AND I CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK HOME
I KNOW WHAT I WANT
AND I WANT YOU
DO ALL THE THINGS
YOU WANT ME TO
I ONLY WIN
I NEVER LOSE
I WON’T LOSE
I WON’T LOSE
WHY IS THIS STILL GETTING TO ME // I’M FAR STRONGER THAN THIS
I’VE WEATHERED STORMS // I’VE GONE TO WAR
BUT I CAN’T SHAKE // ONE LITTLE WHORE
HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?
LET DOWN // TOO MANY TIMES IT SEEMS
BAD GUY // NOTHING WHEN YOU’RE THE QUEEN
I JUST DON’T SEE HOW IT ALL FITS
I GOTTA GO AND TRY TO ESCAPE
DON’T KNOW WHO I AM
DON’T KNOW WHERE I BELONG
I’LL DO WHAT I CAN
BUT I WON’T DO WHAT YOU WANT
LIVING FAST MOVING FAST FOREVER
YOU’RE LIVING IN THE PAST
HEADED TOWARDS DISASTER
SO I’M ON MY OWN
I WON’T BE A VICTIM
NO! NO!
I WON’T BE A VICTIM
NO! NO!
I WON’T BE A VICTIM
ANYMORE
NOW I KNOW
WHO I AM
FOUND A PLACE
WHERE I FEEL STRONG
AS I SING THESE WORDS ALOUD
I KNOW I’M NO LONGER ALONE
A song about winning. Never quitting.
Finding strength through something you already have, not looking for external validation.
In terms of structure, I wanted a slidey riff that was cool and something different than the big slidey metal riffs in that it subverts your expectation//tricks your ear in that the slide up (to A#) is higher than the following open A, which your brain hates because the higher the string the higher the note.
Bit annoying when you first start it, but so much fun to play once you get it, hopefully providing enough contrast for the bridge using ‘the most common chord progression in pop music’.
Give it a try if you’re feeling a bit of writer’s block and hopefully it will remind you of the possibilites of the guitar, beyond the obvious. It’s hardly Eruption, but it’s still pretty schweet.
For learning at your own pace, click here for the playalong tab: