Thrice - Death from above

^AmI always thought, I always thought, that there was ^Fmaj7something different, setting us ap^Amart Am Fmaj7* Am That I was led, that I was led by men with sober minds and sympathetic hearts I swore an oath, swore an oath, but never ^Fmaj7knew just what it was to take a ^Amlife Am Fmaj7* Fmaj7 I play at God, play at God across such distances and from so great a height

^AmBut I am never sure who I am ^Gkilling ^AmHow many innocents were in the ^Gbuilding? ^Fmaj7I drop ^Cdeath out ^G7of the ^AmNo longer human beings, no longer ^Gpeople ^AmJust targets on a screen, none of it's ^Greal ^Fmaj7I drop ^Cdeath out ^G7of the ^Fmaj7sky... Tell ^Gme ^Amwhy

^AmOne day they sent, one day they sent me to the ^Fmaj7chaplain when I said I can't go ^Amon Am Fmaj7* Fmaj7 All he said, all he said was just to shut my mouth and do the "will of God"

^AmBut I am never sure who I am ^Gkilling ^AmHow many innocents were in the ^Gbuilding? ^Fmaj7I drop ^Cdeath out ^G7of the ^AmNo longer human beings, no longer ^Gpeople ^AmJust targets on a screen, none of it's ^Greal ^Fmaj7I drop ^Cdeath out ^G7of the ^Fmaj7sky... Tell ^Gme ^Dmwhy

Tell me ^Amwhy? "To make us ^G7safe," so it would ^Fmaj7seem But we shoot further than we ^Dmdream Can't we ^C/Gsee? We only justi^Amfy Someone's resolve to ^G7rise ag^Fmaj7ainst And to avenge the inno^Dmcent Dm C/G Fmaj7* And defend the ones that still survive I'm still asking "^Amwhy?"