Idle Achiever – Battle Wounds chords

[Verse 1]
G                                    A  BmSeems like every time I pick myself up

The earth quakes
                                   AThe ground shakes I fall on my face
G                                                     A  BmI've been stuck in this place and now I have to choose
                                         AThrow up my white flag or find a way to move
GBut my feet are stuck in wet cement
                            AAnd I can feel it drying quick
Bm                                                        AIf I don’t get up out this pit, I fear it might be permanent
GLet's face the truth
                        A  BmI haven't given all to you

I still need you to heal these wounds
              AAnd I ask myself
G                                              AHow is it fair of me to only give you half my heart
Bm                                                  AAnd then pretend like it’s your fault that I am incomplete
G                                                  ACause I'm so bitter and selfish but I want more of you
Bm                                                ASo I'll just have to find a way to give you all of me


[Chorus]
G                               AI want you to have all my heart
BmEvery open wound
               DEvery nasty scar
           GAnd if I wind up broken in the process
                            AIt's Such a small price to pay
         Bm                   D    AI trade all I am for all you are
G                               AI want you to have all my heart
BmEvery open wound
               DEvery nasty scar
           GAnd if I wind up broken in the process
                            AIt's Such a small price to pay
         Bm                   D    AI trade all I am for all you are

These are my battle wounds


[Verse 2]

         GFrom day one I was broken

I was hurt but it was never spoken
        BmI was crushed by my peers

Year after year

No one could interpret all of my fears
DNo one was there for me

I said no one was there for me!
          AWhile the world came with identity

Convincing me who I should be, Yeah!
G   And I believed it

Every insult I received it, yeah
    BmAnd no one said a word to help

Nor saw my desperate cry for help
         DMom and dad you brushed it off like I

Wasn't crying every night
    AAnd in my heart increasing spite

Loss of trust with every fight

G   I said I hated you

And though I said it wasn't true
      BmThat lack of trust has followed through

Even though I've forgiven you!
    DThe colorful scapes that made up my mind,

had instantly been turned to gray
     AAnd though I said that I'm okay

I haven‘t felt loved since that day

GWhen will brokenness subside

Cause in brokenness I abide
      BmEvery battle wound I find, I hide

Cause when I look I just can’t help but cry
   DMy bitter heart seems out of place

When I can't seem to bring forth my grace
      DIt’s been years since I've had a taste

Of peace in this chaotic space