Idle Achiever - Battle Wounds

      
[Verse 1]
G                                    A  Bm
Seems like every time I pick myself up

The earth quakes
                                   A
The ground shakes I fall on my face
G                                                     A  Bm
I've been stuck in this place and now I have to choose
                                         A
Throw up my white flag or find a way to move
G
But my feet are stuck in wet cement
                            A
And I can feel it drying quick
Bm                                                        A
If I don’t get up out this pit, I fear it might be permanent
G
Let's face the truth
                        A  Bm
I haven't given all to you

I still need you to heal these wounds
              A
And I ask myself
G                                              A
How is it fair of me to only give you half my heart
Bm                                                  A
And then pretend like it’s your fault that I am incomplete
G                                                  A
Cause I'm so bitter and selfish but I want more of you
Bm                                                A
So I'll just have to find a way to give you all of me


[Chorus]
G                               A
I want you to have all my heart
Bm
Every open wound
               D
Every nasty scar
           G
And if I wind up broken in the process
                            A
It's Such a small price to pay
         Bm                   D    A
I trade all I am for all you are
G                               A
I want you to have all my heart
Bm
Every open wound
               D
Every nasty scar
           G
And if I wind up broken in the process
                            A
It's Such a small price to pay
         Bm                   D    A
I trade all I am for all you are

These are my battle wounds


[Verse 2]

         G
From day one I was broken

I was hurt but it was never spoken
        Bm
I was crushed by my peers

Year after year

No one could interpret all of my fears
D
No one was there for me

I said no one was there for me!
          A
While the world came with identity

Convincing me who I should be, Yeah!
G
   And I believed it

Every insult I received it, yeah
    Bm
And no one said a word to help

Nor saw my desperate cry for help
         D
Mom and dad you brushed it off like I

Wasn't crying every night
    A
And in my heart increasing spite

Loss of trust with every fight

G
   I said I hated you

And though I said it wasn't true
      Bm
That lack of trust has followed through

Even though I've forgiven you!
    D
The colorful scapes that made up my mind,

had instantly been turned to gray
     A
And though I said that I'm okay

I haven‘t felt loved since that day

G
When will brokenness subside

Cause in brokenness I abide
      Bm
Every battle wound I find, I hide

Cause when I look I just can’t help but cry
   D
My bitter heart seems out of place

When I can't seem to bring forth my grace
      D
It’s been years since I've had a taste

Of peace in this chaotic space