Em
I walk around everyday
        D
With my head above the darkness
          Em
The storm below

I just can't face it
          C
So I don't


[Verse]
Em
You say I don't care at all
            D
But if you only knew
                 Em
At night all the sleep I lose
                        G
Over what I can't change


[Pre-Chorus]
Em                             D
You don't understand that this world's too cold
                   Am
And my skin's not thick
          C
It's too thin
       Em
In an ocean that's as big as this
      D                        Am
It's hard to stay afloat, not sink
                         C
I think I might just sink


[Chorus]
      Em                    C
So I need to think shallow thoughts
                 G
So that I don't fall too deep
                  D
In water I can't tame
                           Em
'Cos that's the only way I know

How to stay breathing
     Am
And keep myself from feeling
 G                              D
Every single blow that comes my way
                           G
I just stay in the shallow


[Verse]
Em
The world can be a scary place
            D
And it can tear you up if you let it
                      Em                    D
So I had to learn to forget it the hard way


[Pre-Chorus]
     Em                             D
Oh, you don't understand that this world's too cold
                    Am
And my skin's not thick
           C
It's too thin
       Em
In an ocean that's as big as this
     D                         Am
It's hard to stay afloat, not sink
                           C
I think I might just sink


[Chorus]
      Em                    C
So I need to think shallow thoughts
                 G
So that I don't fall too deep
                  D
In water I can't tame
                                 Em
'Cos that's the only way that I know

How to stay breathing
     Am
And keep myself from feeling
 G                              D
Every single blow that comes my way
                           G
I just stay in the shallow

 Em                    C
Need to think shallow thoughts
                G
So that I don't fall too deep
                 D
In water I can't tame
                          Em
'Cos that's the only way I know

How to stay breathing
     Am
And keep myself from feeling
 G                              D
Every single blow that comes my way
                           G
I just stay in the shallow

 Em                     C
Need to think shallow thoughts
                 G
So that I don't fall too deep
                  D
In water I can't tame
                           Em
'Cos that's the only way I know

How to stay breathing
     Am
And keep myself from feeling
 G                              D
Every single blow that comes my way

      Em                      C
So I need to think shallow thoughts
                 G
So that I don't fall too deep
                  D
In water I can't tame
                           Em
'Cos that's the only way I know

How to stay breathing
     Am
And keep myself from feeling
 G                              D
Every single blow that comes my way
                          G
I just stay in the shallow