Intro
[D] [A] [Bm] [G]
Verse 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.
Chorus
[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.
Bridge
[D]
Verse 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.
Chorus
[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.
