Citizen Soldier – Better Off Broken (Guitar)

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G
Feeling so anxious, I step in your office

C
Hear, "How was your week? How do you feel?"

It's hard to be honest

Em                       D
All I can think about is shutting back down

C
What's wrong with me? I should be better by now

G
You tell me be patient, that it'll be worth it

C
All the suppression, session by session, pulled to the surface

Em                            D
All of the demons through the years I've bottled up

C
But I'm exhausted and the past is too much

C
I'm not ready, it's too heavy

D
I'm not ready

               G
Why is healing so hard?

And why does numb feel like my only friend?

                      D
'Cause when I swallow my scars

Then I don't have to feel it all again

       Em                   D
I'm so tired of tearing the trauma back open

C
Am I better off, better off broken?

G D

G
I don't wanna breathe deep, I'm tired of mindful

C
When even the smallest things in my life are making me spiral

Em                  D
I had no say, inherited a hemorrhaged heart

C
It's so unfair that every day is this hard

G
I wanna be normal for so many reasons

C
Like I'll never have the time that I need for anger and grieving

Em. D Basic functioning's becoming such a chore

C
What would I be like if they'd cared a little more?

C
I'm not ready, it's too heavy

D
Stop pushing me, just let me be empty

               G
Why is healing so hard?

And why does numb feel like my only friend?

                      D
'Cause when I swallow my scars

Then I don't have to feel it all again

       Em                   D
I'm so tired of tearing the trauma back open

C
Am I better off, better off broken?

        C                          D
'Cause fifty minutes every week is not enough for what I need

   Em
To give me evidence, I'll shake my skeletons

  C
I know you say these thoughts are liars

    D
But I don't wanna live this tired

     Em
With very little proof and everything to lose

    C
I'm scared you're getting sick of me

   D
So tell me, honestly

               G*
Why is healing so hard?

And why does numb feel like my only friend?

                      D*
'Cause when I swallow my scars

I don't have to feel

               G
Why is healing so hard?

And why does numb feel like my only friend?

                      D
'Cause when I swallow my scars

Then I don't have to feel it all again

       Em                   D
I'm so tired of tearing the trauma back open

Cm                                 G
Am I better off, better off broken?

                    D
Am I better off broken?

               Em  D
Better off broken

Am I better off, better off broken?