Something To Hold Onto

C
She  still  sings  of  the  way  it  feels  to  know
                  Em                        D
She'll  be  held  close  by  the  one  she  calls  her  own
               C
But  I  still  know  damn  well
                         Em                   D
That  I  never  got  to  say  how  I  really  felt
                   C
Given  that  it's  over  now
              Em
She  still  attempts  to  make  a  sound
                         D                                                         C
But  it's  not  only  a  cry  for  help,  But  the  fear  of  never  being  held  again


[Pre Chorus]
C
And  I  never  took  it  back:
Em                              D
The  feeling  of  bearing  the  facts
C
And  I  never  took  it  back
Em                            D
'Cause  you  could  say  the  truth  was  all  I  had
C
But  the  feeling  of  bearing  the  facts
                     Em               D
Was  too  much  too  soon  to  carry  back
C
And  she  bears  the  blame  again  and  again
Em                               D
But  she  knows  it's  not  her  fight  to  defend
     C                      Em     D
And  I  never  showed  her  that,  no


[Chorus]
C
Could  you  fathom  the  world  at  all
Em                            D
If  you  felt  any  bit  as  alone  as  she?
            D
Would  you  fight  the  urge  to
  C                      Em     D
Relinquish  what  you  believe?


[Verse]
C
Oh  god,  I  tried  to
Em                        D
But  it  was  better  to  hide  the  sting  of  being  lied  to
C                    Em              D
For  so  long,  for  so  long,  for  so  long
C                                                 Em
Holed  up  inside  a  nest  of  everything  that  reminds  her
                        D
Of  the  way  it  felt  to  have  somebody  beside  her
C                                Em
And  I  never  showed  her  the  only  way  out
      D
(The  only  way  out)


[Chorus]
C
Could  you  fathom  the  world  at  all
Em                            D
If  you  felt  any  bit  as  alone  as  she?
            D
Would  you  fight  the  urge  to
  C                   Em           D
Relinquish  the  memory  of  when  she  said

C                                       Em
'You  don't  have  to  stay,  I  could  be  okay  on  my  own
D
The  side  of  me  you'd  always  dreamed  of
C                                 Em                 D
It's  better  left  unsaid  what  really  happened,  then
     C                              Em            C
The  day  you  walked  out  of  my  bedroom  and  left'
     C                              Em            D
The  day  you  walked  out  of  my  bedroom  and  left


[Bridge]
C
She  might  not  know
Em                   D
She'll  be  better  alone
C                                Em         D
It  could  be  so  long  before  anybody's  home
C                                   Em
'Cause  I  never  showed  her  the  only  way  out
D
Was  for  her  to  learn  to  love  herself
C                  Em                  D
Was  for  her  to  learn  to  love  herself


[Chorus]
C
Could  you  fathom  the  world  at  all
Em                            D
If  you  felt  any  bit  as  alone  as  she?
          D
Did  you  fight  the  urge  to
  C                      Em     D
Relinquish  what  you  believe?
D
(When  she  said)

C                                       Em
'You  don't  have  to  stay,  I  could  be  okay  on  my  own
D
The  side  of  me  you'd  always  dreamed  of
C                                 Em                 D
It's  better  left  unsaid  what  really  happened,  then
     C                              Em            C
The  day  you  walked  out  of  my  bedroom  and  left'