Verse
D# D
I was listening to the voices of death on parade
C# G#
Singin' about conspiracy, wanting me to be afraid
G#m6 D#
Working for a system I couldn't understand or trust
A#sus4 A#
Suffering ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust.
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 2]
D# D
Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired
C# G#
They got a million things to do, they're all so inspired
G#m6 D#
You do the work of the devil, you got a million friends
A#sus4 A#
They'll be there when you got something, they'll take it all in the end
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 3]
D# D
Well, the nature of man is to beg and to steal
C# G#
I do it myself, it's not so unreal
G#m6 D#
The call of the wild is forever at my door
A#sus4 A#
Wants me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 4]
D# D
I was eating with the pigs off a fancy tray
C# G#
I was told i was looking good and to have a nice day
G#m6 D#
It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite
A#sus4 A#
Eating that absolute garbage while being so discreet
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 5]
D# D
You were glowing in the sun while being peaceably calm
C# G#
While orphans of man danced to the beat of the palm
G#m6 D#
Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass
A#sus4 A#
In the world you had made they made you an outcast
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 6]
D# D
There was someone in my body that I could hardly see
C# G#
Invading my privacy making my decisions for me
G#m6 D#
Holding me back, not letting me stand
A#sus4 A#
Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.
[Verse 7]
D# D
My Lord and my Savior, my companion, my friend
C# G#
Heart fixer, mind regulator, true to the end
G#m6 D#
My creator, my comforter, my cause for joy
A#sus4 A#
What the world is set against but will never destroy
[Chorus]
D# G# D#
But you changed my life
D# G# A#
Came along in a time of strife
G# D#
In hunger and need you made my heart bleed
D# A# D#
You changed my life.