[Intro]

  When there's

 nowhere else 

to run
            
   Is there ro

              
om for one mor

  
e son?
             
One more son?

 
       
If you can hol

d on,
             
If you can hol

            
d on, hold on

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[Verse 1]

 I wanna stand

 up, I wanna l

et go
              
You know, you 

              
know - no, you

              
 don't, you do


n't
              
I wanna shine 

              
on in the hear

      
ts of men

I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand


Another head a

ches, another 

heart breaks
              
I'm so much ol

              
der than I can

    
 take
              
And my affecti

              
on, well it co

         
mes and goes

I need direction to perfection, no no no no


[Chorus]
        
Help me out, y

eah
              
You know you g

             
otta help me o

ut, yeah
              
Oh, don't you 

              
put me on the 


back burner
              
You know you g

             
otta help me o

ut, yeah


[Verse 2]

 And when ther

e's nowhere el

se to run

Is there room for one more son?
      
These changes 

ain't changing

 me,
    
The cold-heart

ed boy I used 

to be


[Chorus]
             
  Yeah, you kn

              
ow you gotta h

       
elp me out, ye

ah
              
Oh, don't you 

              
put me on the 


back burner
              
You know you g

             
otta help me o

ut, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down


[Bridge]

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier


I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier

I got soul, bu

t I'm not a so

ldier
             
I got soul, bu

              
t I'm not a so

   
ldier


[Chorus]
             
  Yeah, you kn

              
ow you gotta h

       
elp me out, ye

ah
              
Oh, don't you 

              
put me on the 


back burner
              
You know you g

             
otta help me o

ut, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down, yeah
              
Oh, don't you 

              
put me on the 


back burner
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down, yeah
              
You're gonna b

              
ring yourself 


down


[Outro]
(      
Over and in, l

             
ast call for s

in
              
While everyone

              
's lost, the b

         
attle is won
              
With all these

              
 things that I

    
've done
              
With all these

              
 things that I

    
've done
             
If you can hol

              
d on, if you c

           
an hold on...