Standard (EADGBE)

It was the best of my intentions,

 In the first week of spring,

 To set the standard for the year.

I redefined my expectations,

 Through calculated moves,

 And I've got nothing more to lose.

So forget self-pity I think I've finally found the art,

 Of resetting without falling apart.

Ignore the rainclouds, this is the clearest sky I've seen,

 And my worries are cast off to sea.

 I feel so alive! I feel so alive! I feel so alive...

Bridge

And it was coming to November,

 And my confidence was shot,

 And I was searching for the plot.

I used gunpowder and reason,

 And oh hell it was the season,

 And I'm not selling myself short.

Forget self-pity I think I've finally found the art,

 Of resetting without falling apart.

Ignore the rainclouds, this is the clearest sky I've seen,

 And my worries are cast out to sea.

 I feel so alive! I feel so alive!

So take everything you want! I do know if I'll be back!

 So take everything you want! I do know if I'll be back!

So just take everything that you want!

 I'll return to be a better man than the one that left,

Better man than the one that left.

Forget self-pity I think I've finally found the art,

 Of resetting without falling apart.

Ignore the rainclouds, this is the clearest sky I've seen,

 And my worries are cast off to sea.

 I feel so alive! I feel so alive!