Intro: C G Am Em F Em C
Verse:
Am F G
I met a prophet dark as the night
C G Am
She could see into my soul
F G
Said she'd been watching and had some advice
C G Am
She said shadows make you whole
F G
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes
C G Am Em F
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds
G
You'll find the gold
C G Am Em
Child it's time to break the shell
F Em F G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C G Am Em
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
F Em F G C
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Verse:
Am F G
I can remember when I was a child
C G Am
How the grown folks seemed so crazy
F G
Why are they so angry, why are they so loud ?
C G Am
And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me
F G
That was the moment that I decide
C G Am Em F
That I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall
G
Too strong to fall
C G Am Em
Child it's time to break the shell
F Em F G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C G Am Em
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
F Em F G C
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Bridge:
F C
Courage is not being hard
Em
It's time to peel back all of the layers
Am D
You put between who you're meant to be
F
And who you are
Fm
And go be who you are
Verse:
Am F G
So much disappointment to finally understand
C G Am
That there is no such thing as perfect
F G
Were all simply doing the best that we can
C G Am Em F
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive
G C
This is your life
(C) G Am Em
Child it's time to break the shell
F Em F G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C G Am Em
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
F Em F G C
You cannot fly until you break the shell
(C) G Am Em
Child it's time to break the shell
F Em F G
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
C G Am Em
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
F Em F G C
A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
Ending:
Am G C G
Do with these words what you will
F G D
It's time for us to be for real
F G D F
You'll be stuck on the ground until
Am G C
You finally break the shell