Intro
Dm C Bb C Dm C Bb A
verse 1
Dm C
He wakes up in the morning, his eyes are red he hardly slept
B C
It were his thoughts that kept him up all night, one of so many nights he cried.
Dm C
These awful names till floating through his head
Bb F
with all the nasty things they said carving their marks into his heart
C Dm
Their nochalance rips him apart.
C Bb
Another day, will it be cruel? The fear travels with him to school
A
Nervous he treads into the hall, he ingores what they call
Dm Bb
I know you find it hard to believe but it gets better.
C
I know it hurts it's only a matter of time and then you will find:
Bb A
It takes the dark of night before the sun can shine
Dm Bb
I know the pain is hard to forget, but life gets brighter,
C
with a smile on your face you'll stand right there and then
no more need to pretend,
Bb A D
you know the time was tough but it was effort well spent.
verse 2
Dm C Bb
She's gazing out the window before laugh this used to be her favourite class
C
Now it takes all her energy to keep their words away
Dm C Bb
You see her distant looks, her empty stares, gifts from a word that doesn't care
C Dm
She doesn't know she's not alone, she doesn't feel she has a home
C Bb
As she gets pushed onto the ground, she doesn't even make a sound
A
People look the other way. The teachers pretends it's just childly play
Dm Bb
I know you find it hard to believe but it gets better.
C
I know it hurts it's only a matter of time and then you will find:
Bb A
It takes the dark of night before the sun can shine
Dm Bb
I know the pain is hard to forget, but life gets brighter,
C
with a smile on your face you'll stand right there and then
no more need to pretend,
Bb A D
you know the time was tough but it was effort well spent.
Bridge
Bb C
So what you're different from the rest
Dm
Can't you see that you are best
Bb
Being yourself is not a sin
You give this world some coloring
C Dm
Please put that pen and letter down, soon the world will be your playground,
C
I know it seems too much to bear it takes some strength but you're getting there.
verse 3
Dm C Gm
It took some time for them but finally they understand it's other peoples insecurities
Fm Dm
and not their own that brought them to their knees.
C Bb
The world it is an ever changing place. Still they don't always like its pace.
C Dm
They know it's moving the right way it's getting better every day.
C Bb
The girl got up, after a while. The boy remembered how to smile.
A
And when they see someone who's down they tell them now:
Dm Bb
I know you find it hard to believe but it gets better.
C
I know it hurts it's only a matter of time and then you will find:
Bb A
It takes the dark of night before the sun can shine
Dm Bb
I know the pain is hard to forget, but life gets brighter,
C
with a smile on your face you'll stand right there and then
no more need to pretend,
Bb A D
you know the time was tough but it was effort well spent.