(Am)First things first, I’m a say all the words in side my (F)head.

I’m fired up and (G#dim)tired of the way that things have (Am)been.

Oh, ooh,

the way that things have (F)been.

Oh, ooh.

(Am)Se cond things se cond, don’t you tell me what you think that I can (F)be.

I’m the one at the (G#dim)sail, I’m the mas ter of my (Am)sea.

Oh, ooh,

the mas ter of my (F)sea.

Oh, ooh.

I was (Am)bro ken from a young age, tak ing my sulk ing to the mass es, wri ting my (F)po ems for the few that look at me, (G#dim)took to me, shook to me, feel ing me sing ing from (Am)heart ache, from the pain, tak ing my mes sage from the veins, speak ing my (F)les son from the brain, see ing the (G#dim)beau ty through the…

(Am)pain.

You made me a, you made me a be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

Pain.

You break me down, you build me up.

Be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

(Am)Pain.

Oh, let the bul lets fly, oh, let them (F)rain.

My (G#dim)life, my love, my drive, they came from… (Am)pain.

You made me a, you made me a be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

(Am)Third things third, send a prayer to the ones re up a (F)bove, all the hate that you’ve (G#dim)heard has turned your spir it to a (Am)dove.

Oh, ooh,

your spir it up a (F)bove.

Oh, ooh.

I was (Am)chok ing in the crowd, liv ing my brain up in the cloud, fall ing like (F)ash es to the ground, hop ing my (G#dim)feel ings, they would drown.

But they (Am)nev er did, ev er lived, ebb ing and flow ing, in hib it ed, lim it ed, ’til it broke up and it (F)rained down, it rained (G#dim)down like…

(Am)pain.

You made me a, you made me a be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

Pain.

You break me down, you build me up.

Be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

(Am)Pain.

Oh, let the bul lets fly, oh, let them (F)rain.

My (G#dim)life, my love, my drive, they came from… (Am)pain.

You made me a, you made me a be (F)liev er,

be (E)liev er.

(Am)Last things last, by the grace of the fi re and the (F)flames, you’re the face of the (G#dim)fu has ture, the blood it in my (Am)veins.

Oh, ooh,

the blood it in my (F)bove.

Oh, ooh.

I was (Am)chok ing in the crowd, liv ing my brain up in the cloud, fall ing like (F)ash es to the ground, hop ing my (G#dim)feel ings, they would drown.

But they (Am)nev er did, ev er lived, ebb ing and flow ing, in hib it ed, lim it ed, ’til it broke up and it (F)rained down, it rained (G#dim)down like… (F)veins.

Oh, ooh.

But they (F)nev er did, ev er lived, ebb ing and flow ing, in hib it ed, lim it ed, ’til it broke up and it (G)rained down, it rained (G#dim)down (CN.C.)like… - er.