Verse
Em Am
I was called to attention, I was stowed in the line
C D
I was told when to wake and rest and that time wasn't mine
Em Am
I was everyone's victim, though I'm holding the gun
C D
At some soft-faced stranger, who hates my father's son but who am I?
Em Am C D
Verse
Em Am
I ve resolved all my reasonings for finally giving up
C D
Til i swallowed down this paper and pen and spit this song back up
Em Am
I've been waiting in the background, singing songs to just myself
C D
About the world in which we live in, and its deteriorating health
Bridge
Bm
But who am I?
C
Who am I?
Bm
Who am I?
C D
Who am I?!
Chorus
Em Am
I am the mountain you're running up
Em C D
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
Em Am
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
Em C D
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all
Guitar solo/pre-verse
Em Am C D
Verse
Em Am
I have tried every angle, done my job and played my part
C D
Until they found me in the corner, lying with my guilty heart
Em Am
Cause I ve been calling all your calls, wondering if its my fault
C D
Could i be wrong? could I?
Chorus
Em Am
I am the mountain you're running up
Em C D
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
Em Am
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
Em C D
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all
Breakdown
Em
We've been running since the day we were born
Am
We learn our lessons or learn to be scorned
C
This is my pen it doesn't write for you
D
Now the chapter is closed, yes its sad but true
Em
We've been living everyday we're alive
Am
We grow up weak or we learn to survive
C
A name's a name and its all just the same
D
When the bottom falls out we're gonna find whose to blame cuz
Chorus
Em Am
I am the mountain you're running up
Em C D
I am the river that flows and floods, that flows and floods
Em Am
I am the sky, you are wind and dust
Em C D
I'm giving hate but i wanna love, i wanna love it all