IT AIN'T SIMPLE [Intro – Soft Fingerpicked Acoustic Guitar, Whispered Vocals] I've been trying to find my way home In a world that won't leave me alone And I've been searching for something to feel Something honest, something real [Chorus – Gentle, Emotional] It ain't simple It ain't me It ain't everything I've ever dreamed Something simple Being free It ain't simple To believe I'm me [Verse 1 – Soft, Conversational] I woke up this morning, the same as before Same old shoes by the bedroom door Same little cracks in the ceiling above Same empty feeling I'm tired of And everybody says that time will heal But nobody asks me how I really feel I've spent half my life trying to be someone Who'd make everybody proud when the day is done And I don't know where the years have gone Or when I forgot where I belong [Pre-Chorus – Voice Begins to Crack] Maybe I'm lost Maybe I'm scared Maybe I'm looking for something that's there Maybe the person I've tried hard to be Was never the person I needed to see [Chorus – More Emotion, Gentle Strumming] It ain't simple It ain't me It ain't everything I've ever dreamed Something simple Being free It ain't simple To believe I'm me [Verse 2 – Vulnerable, Slowly Building] I used to believe that I'd figure it out Get a little older, lose all the doubt Find someone to love and a place to stay Have a couple of kids who'd look like me someday But life has a way of changing the plans You make as a boy, then lose as a man And I'm not saying I'm giving up hope I'm just getting tired of holding this rope And sometimes I wish I could turn back time Tell that little boy that he'll be alright That he doesn't have to be everything Just to deserve a little love and peace [Pre-Chorus – Higher Register, Emotional Falsetto] Maybe I'm wrong Maybe I'm right Maybe we're all just afraid of the night Maybe the dreams that I wanted to see Were never the things that would set me free [Chorus – Raw, Cracking Voice] It ain't simple It ain't me It ain't everything I've ever dreamed Something simple Being free It ain't simple To believe I'm me [Bridge – Stripped Back to Fingerpicking, Almost Spoken] And if I could sit with the boy I once knew I'd tell him I'm sorry for what we've been through For all of the promises I couldn't keep For all of the nights that I cried myself to sleep But I'd tell him there's beauty in starting again In learning that losing doesn't mean the end And maybe one day when I look in the glass I'll smile at the man looking back And say... [New Chorus – Soaring, Emotional Release] It ain't simple But it's me And it ain't everything I thought it'd be Something simple Finally free And maybe it's enough just to believe That I'm not perfect I'm not complete I'm just the person I was meant to be And it ain't simple No, it ain't easy But I'm learning to believe... In me... [Outro – Slow Fingerpicking, Fading Whisper] It ain't simple It ain't me It ain't everything I've ever dreamed But something simple Like being free Maybe that's enough... For me. [One Final Acoustic Guitar Chord Rings Into Silence]
