[Intro acoustic arpeggio steel slide no vocal | 4 bars] [Verse 1 | mid slow 4/4] There’s a KEY / in my POCK-et | Can’t re-MEM-ber / WHAT it’s FOR | Just a SMALL / lit-tle FEEL-ing | Won’t let GO / any-MORE - | [Verse 2 | add light rhythm] All the REA-sons / I’ve been DROP-ping | I keep PICK-ing / UP a-GAIN | EV-ery TIME / I think I’ve GOT one | There’s a-NO-ther / IN the END | And be-FORE / I e-ven KNOW it | I’ve been WALK-ing / WAY too FAR - | [Break drop silence | 2 bars] [Whisper] where am I NOW - | what am I CHA-sing - | [FX wind reverse swell | heartbeat kick 1..2] [Pre-Chorus | rebuild] WHERE am I GO-ing | WHAT am I CHA-sing | WHY can’t I SLOW down | STAND-ing right HERE - | [Build drums bass | snare lift] [Chorus | full band] TELL me WHY / we KEEP on LIV-ing | WHAT are we RUN-ning FOR - | CHAS-ing AF-ter AN-swers | WALK-ing LIKE be-FORE - | TELL me WHY / we FADE a-WAY now | E-ven IF it’s TRUE - | STILL I TAKE / this ONE STEP | BE-LIEV-ing I can MOVE - | [Verse 3 | slight drop] LOOK-ing UP / IN-to the SKY | WITH no NAME / to CALL it MINE | I start QUES-tion-ing / the RIGHT way | I be-LIEVED / ALL this TIME | HOLD-ing ON / to EV-ry AN-swer | DOES-n’t MAKE / ME that STRONG | MAY-be CAR-ry-ing / the QUES-tions | KEEPS me MOV-ing / a-LONG - | [Bridge | lift] ALL the REA-sons / I’ve been GATH-ered | There’s some-THING / DEEP-er STILL | SOME-thing I / can’t PUT in WORDS | BUT I KNOW / IT is REAL - | MAY-be IT’S / the FIRE | THAT won’t E-VER DIE | MAY-be THAT’S / the MEAN-ing | I’ve been CHAS-ing / ALL this TIME - | [Final Chorus | biggest] TELL me WHY / we KEEP on LIV-ing | WE don’t NEED / a REA-son NOW - | JUST the ACT / of SEARCH-ing | SHOWS us HOW - | TELL me WHY / we FADE a-WAY now | MAY-be THAT’S / the TRUTH - | EV-ry SIN-gle STEP I TAKE | TURNS in-TO the PROOF - | [Shout | half-time hits] WHY - DO we LIIIVE - | WHAT are we FIIIGHT-ing FOR - | I WON’T STOP / I WON’T FADE - | THIS ONE STEP / IS my PROOOF - | [Outro acoustic steel fade | 4 bars no vocal]
