Jesus Died For Your Sins And I Died Waiting For An Answer
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Intro
D A Bm G
[Verso 1]
D A
I spent my whole life with my hands up in the air
Bm G
singing to a god that I´ve since learned was never there.
D A
We swore that if I meant it, if I gave it everything
Bm G
that I would feel it in the room and hear him answer me.
D A
So I bled out on the chapel floor and gave him all I had.
Bm G
And every single time I prayed I got no answer back.
[Refrão]
D
I sang with my arms wide open
A
to a ceiling and a wall.
Bm G
I poured out every part of me and heard no voice at all.
D A
They told me he was listening, that he was always near.
Bm G
But now I know that I wasted every moment I lived my life in fear.
D A
I begged him for a whisper, for a sign that he was real.
Bm G
Now I hate the emptiness and everything I feel.
D A
Hands held high to nobody, I finally see it clear
Bm G A D
there was never any god up there just people cashing in on fear.
D
[Verso 2]
D A
They told me that the silence was a test I had to pass.
Bm G
That doubt was just a devil and I hated myself for that.
D A
I spent years believing I was broken, that the fault was mine.
Bm G
When the truth was they were lying to my face the entire time.
D
They saw me guilt and called it grace.
A
They saw my chains as love
Bm
They swore the answers coming from a sky
G
that´s always been above.
[Refrão]
D
I sang with my arms wide open
A
to a ceiling and a wall.
Bm G
I poured out every part of me and heard no voice at all.
D A
They told me he was listening, that he was always near.
Bm G
But now I know that I wasted every moment I live my life in fear.
D A
I begged him for a whisper, for a sign that he was real.
Bm G
Now I hate the emptiness and everything I feel.
D A
Hands held high to nobody, I finally see it clear
Bm G A D
there was never any god up there just people cashing in on fear.
Outro
D
Go ahead and keep your heaven
A
keep your silence, keep your throne.
Bm G
I spent my whole life screaming and you never picked up the phone.
D
So burn it down, the whole damn church
A
every liar in the pew.
Bm
I found my peace
G D
the second that I stopped believing you.
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