in d minor (M7) - saddest of all keys (but mM7)

By Doug Rausch 

4/4    ♩= 69
 

Lyrically: a walk through the mind of the Artist

Musically: a showcase for all things minor-major 7



I went in to protect myself
To be alone with nobody else (mM7)
Didn't see it comin I lost myself (mM7#5)
Here alone and lost in this hell

Once you get in it's a bitch to leave
This looks familiar the things I see (mM7(11))
To think that you did this all to me (mM7#5 [reprise])
I need a change now and desperately

All I want is to open myself
All I want is to say I'm well (mM9)
But you don't want me to be myself (mM7(#5/9))
Now that's a long way from where I dwell


Get me out of my head (I don't wanna be here anymore)
Put me back in my bed (You can leave the light on but close the door)


I try to rise out of where I am
Can't keep a good man down try again (mM7#5 [reprise])
But you can't detach from your own hand (mM7)
Forever lost in this barren land (mM7(6))

For a while I fool myself
And think that maybe I'm somewhere else (mM7)
But a false sense of security (mM9(11))
Is all it takes to awaken me

My body's here but I'm somewhere else
Worst of all I do it to myself (mM7)
And now I cannot control myself (mM7(6/9))
I walk in circles…


(Musical Interlude)


I have a knack for surviving here
And it's so cozy year after year
Who am I kidding I like it here
I am so scared

Where is the key to appreciate
Self-centered / Preoccupied dominates (mM7)
If I break free will it be too late (mM9 - mM7(#5/9)) 
All I can hope is I've been delayed

The time has come to get out of here (d-dm#5 only, no mM7)
I don't care if it takes all year (mM7#5 [reprise])
I hope I'm happy to see me my dear (mM7(11) [reprise])
Will I not recognize me I fear (mM7(6) [reprise])


Get me out of my head (I don't wanna be here anymore)
Put me back in my bed (You can leave the light on but close the door)
Get me out of my head (I don't wanna be here anymore)
Give me back my life instead (You can keep a light on - now close the door)