Verse
Cm F
This is what you chose:
Cm
to kill and be enclosed.
F
sheltered by the news
Cm
Because it's difficult to choose.
F
so let us all decide
Cm
what you should know
F
And stay too busy to
Cm
keep up with the truth.
F
how about you ignore
Cm
the world beyond our shores,
F
and leave the rest to me
C#m
so you won't feel guilty.
[Verse 2]
F
see i'm a guy like you...
Cm
easily confused...
F
so i stick to my guns,
Cm
and god tells me where to shoot...
F
and angels guide the bombs
Cm
straight to guilty homes,
F
so when they hit a child,
Cm
he was probably in the wrong.
F
to you they look the same,
Cm
one threat with different names,
F
and as long as we're at war,
Cm
i can count on your support
[Verse 3]
F
So keep going to church,
Cm
keep worshipping words,
F
immerse yourself in work,
Cm
you'll get what you deserve.
F
put a fake smile on your face,
Cm
and find someone to hate,
F
'cause they need your control,
Cm
and they deserve the blame.
F
see, it's easier that way,
Cm
you never have to feel,
F
and you can close your eyes
Cm
inside your house upon the hill,
F
and never have to look
Cm
into their crying eyes,
F
that wonder why your heart
Cm
belongs to phantoms in the sky.
F
instead of your fellow man,
Cm
who you sentence to die,
F
they wonder why your heart
Cm
belongs to phantoms in the sky.
[Outro]
F
instead of your brothers and sisters
Cm
who you sentence to die,
F
they wonder why your heart
Cm
belongs to phantoms in the sky