E
Is this danger?
E            B
Is this true love?
E                       A       E
Is this something I can hope to know?

E
Is this laughter?
E       B
Is this anger?
E                   A    E
Is this a reason to lose control?


[Guitar starts here in original recording]

[Pre-chorus 1]
B                   C#m      A
I have stood on the mountain apex
E               B
Waiting for the truth
B                       C#m    A
I have walked a million miles
E                    B
Just to see what I already knew

[Verse 2]
E
Is this a basket?
E          B
Is this my own life?
E                    A      E
Is this container to never use?


E
Is this sadness?
E          B
Is this past us?
E                    A      E
Is this a moment we did not choose?

[Pre-chorus 2]
B                         C#m     A
I have walked through the darkest forest
E                 B
Waiting for inspiration
B                       C#m  A
I have prayed a million hail marys
E                    B
Just to wait at that godless station

[Chorus]
E                         A      E
I've been holding back on loving you
A         E             A         B
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
E                         A       E
I’ve been holding back on holding you
A         E             A         B
I've been holding back, I've been holding back

[Verse 3]
E
Is this wisdom?
E       B
Is this garbage?
E                       A     E
Is this something I can throw away?


E
Is this caution?
E       B
Is this springtime?
E                     A        E
Is this a season that will not stay?

[Solo]
[Chorus]

E                         A      E
I've been holding back on loving you
A         E             A         B
I've been holding back, I've been holding back
E                         A       E
I’ve been holding back on holding you
A         E             A         B
I've been holding back, I've been holding back

[Verse 4]
E
Is this over?
E       B
Is this my wish?
E                            A     E
Is this a speech that I have never heard?


E
Is this a lion?
E         B
Is this a lamb?
E                         A        E
Is this a nature where we can’t be sure?