E               Cmaj7
It's hard to speak my heart.
                        E
I'm not a man who bares his soul.
                    A
I let the moment pass me by -
  F#m             A
I stay where I am in control.

                  C#m
I hide behind my work,
B                          A
Safe and sure of what to say:
                        F#m     E
I know I must seem hard,
                A               E
I know I must seem: cold.

[Verse 2]
                        C
I never touched that girl -
                      E
You think I'd hurt a child, yet
                     A
I'd hardly seen her face before -
 F#m        A
I swear - I swore we'd barely met.

                        C#m     B
These people try to scare you
                        A
With things I've never said.
F#m     E
I know it makes no sense.
                A       Am A
I swear I don't know why:

[Verse 3]
                  C
You see me as I am - You can't believe I'd lie -
                E
You can't believe I'd do these deeds -
                        A
A little man who's scared and blind,
        F#m             A
Too lost to find the words he needs.

E       F#m
I never touched that child -
E               A
God - I never raised my hand!
                        F#m     E
I stand before you now:
                A
Incredibly afraid.
                        E
I pray you understand.