Colony House - Why Even Try

[Verse 1]

F#
Everything that I

Ever start seems to

Have its day, then it

Falls apart like it’s

Almost good and it’s

Almost right but I

Miss the mark and I

Lose the fight

[Pre-Chorus 1]
G#m F# B
So, why-y-y do I-I-I even try-y-y

[Chorus]
C# B F#
To keep my head held high
B F#
Arms open wide
B F#
Heart full, clear eyes
D#m B
If I live, if I die

The damage is done
F#
Why even try-y-y?

[Verse 2]
F#
People say some things

Never change

The way they are is the

Way they stay

Wouldn’t I like to
D#m
Disagree but I’m dancing with the fire
B F#
And the fire keeps burning me

[Pre-Chorus 1]
G#m F# B
So, why-y-y do I-I-I even try

[Chorus]

C# B F#
To keep my head held high
B F#
Arms open wide
B F#
Heart full, clear eyes
D#m B
If I live, if I die

The damage is done
F#
Why even try-y-y?

[Bridge]
B F#
Everyone scared that they’re not enough
B F#
I’m just afraid that it’s permanent
D#m B
That I’m permanently broken
D#m B C# F#
Permanently broken, ooh-ooh

[Verse 3]
F#
Fragile hearts in these

Fragile times

Often break before they

Ever find that there’s

Hope inside of this shadowland
D#m B F#
Written in the sky and stone and printed on our hands

[Pre-Chorus 2]
G#m F# B
So why-y-y do I-I-I always
C#
Measure the truth with the
D#m
Weight of a lie? Nothing’s
B
Broken inside of me for good
F#
I’m healing in time the way I should

[Chorus 2]
C# B F#
I can see it if I keep my head held high
B F#
Arms open wide
B F#
Heart full, clear eyes
D#m B
All the doubts, all the lies
C# B F# B F#
Are too heavy to hold so why even try-y-y? (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

[Outro]
B F#
Whoo! You don’t have to do this all on your own (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
D#m B
This fragile life that you hold (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
F#
Is too heavy to carry alone so why even try? (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
B F#
Mmm, all of the doubts, all of the lies (Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
B F# D#m B
All of the fears, all of the tears tears that you’ve cried
D#m (N.C.)
Are too heavy to carry alone
F (N.C.)
So why even try?