C                                     
I made it out of the maze 
C                                               
cleared the smoke and the mirrors away  
C                               Dm        
All that remains is the honest truth 
Dm                                     
but it's the same mistake 
Dm                         
I made last week 
                     C         
I fell back in that trap 
C                          
Every breath I breathe 
C                                   
barely makes it past my teeth 
                                   Dm    
'cause these same vises occupy my mind 
Dm                                                 
I opened up the cage to find 
Dm                                    
that the beast locked inside 
           C                                
didn't wanna to be saved 

[Bridge]
G            F        C                   
Panic makes all my decisions for me 
   G                         F                G     
No rational thought just a quick jerk of the knee 

[Chorus]
       C      Dm                       
I am alive 
   F                  C                
Despite the pain and strife 
   G                  Am            
My salvation lies in every note 
               F                    G          
Sent from my heart straight to my throat 
  C             Dm                       
I bleed for my anger 
  F              C                     
I hold onto my youth 
        F                                    C      
till my hands shake from this white knuckle grip 

[Verse 2]
C                                           
But I've got a gold medal in failure 
C                                       
I climb up to the highest block 
                                                  Dm       
I felt the cold down my spine from their empty accolades 
Dm                                            
My passion becomes comatose 
Dm                                          
But like these notes these problem won't 
 C                               
resolve themselves 

[Bridge]                                
     G            F        C                   
Well Panic makes all my decisions for me 
   G                         F                G     
No rational thought just a quick jerk of the knee 

[Chorus]                                          
       C      Dm                       
I am alive 
   F                  C                
Despite the pain and strife 
   G                  Am            
My salvation lies in every note 
               F                    G          
Sent from my heart straight to my throat 
  C             Dm                       
I bleed for my anger 
  F              C                     
I hold onto my youth 
        F                                    C      
till my hands shake from this white knuckle grip 

[Verse 3]
C
And my body is sick of this thinking 
C                                 
My Body is sick of the drinking 
Dm                                       
Everybody knows what I'm thinking 
  C                                         
Everybody but me           (x2)
                      
  Am                                      
and my mind weak from this sickness 
 G                                    
Head to toe engulfed in the weakness 
 F                                                    
At least I know that I still have feeling

[Chorus]                                             
       C      Dm                       
I am alive 
   F                  C                
Despite the pain and strife 
   G                  Am            
My salvation lies in every note 
               F                    G          
Sent from my heart straight to my throat 
  C             Dm                       
I bleed for my anger 
  F              C                     
I hold onto my youth 
        F                                    C      
till my hands shake from this white knuckle grip