Em               G                D
  It's been like this from the start
                Am
One piece after another to make my heart
Em                G                   D
  You mistake the game for being smart
                  Am
Stand here, sell this, and hit your mark
  
Em                          G
  But the sound of the steel
                            D
and the crush, and the grind
                       Am
It will scream who am I, to decide my life
Em                       G                            D
  But in time it all dies, there's nothing left inside
                           C         
just rusted metal that was never even mine

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                           Em                  
  I could scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
            Am                
Waiting here, beggin' please
       Em              D
Set me free, so I can feel HEY

[Chorus]
Em               G
  Stop trying to live my life for me
D                                  Am
  I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Em                    G
  Stop telling me I'm part of a big machine
D                  
  I'm breaking free, can't you see
          Em           G
I can love, I can speak
        D             
Without somebody else operating me
Em            G
  You gave me eyes, and now I see
D                    Am
  I'm not your robot, I'm just me

[Verse 2]
Em         G
  All this time, I've been misled
D                        Am
  There was nothing but cross-wires in my head
Em                    G                  D
  I've been taught to think that what I feel doesn't matter at all
C                    
  til you say its real

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                           Em                  
  I could scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
            Am                
Waiting here, beggin' please
       Em              D
Set me free, so I can feel HEY

[Chorus]
Em               G
  Stop trying to live my life for me
D                        Am
  I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Em                    G
  Stop telling me I'm part of a big machine
D                  Am
  I'm breaking free, can't you see
          Em           G
I can love, I can speak
        D                 Am
Without somebody else operating me
Em            G
  You gave me eyes, and now I see
D                   Am
  I'm not your robot, I'm just me

[Instrumental]
Em G D Am x2

[Pre-Chorus]
Am                           Em            Am      
  I could scream, but I'm just this hollow shell
            Am                
Waiting here, beggin' please
       Em              D
Set me free, so I can feel HEY

[Chorus]
Em               G
  Stop trying to live my life for me
D                        N.C.
  I need to breathe, I'm not your robot
Em                    G
  Stop telling me I'm part of a big machine
D                  
  I'm breaking free, can't you see
          Em           G
I can love, I can speak
        D                 
Without somebody else operating me
Em            G
  You gave me eyes, and now I see
D                   
  I'm not your robot, I'm just me