♫ Verse 1: G#m B#m There was confusion and there were flames B C I had always felt the fire call my name G#m B#m But this was different, I could taste the fear B C And the sweet release as the end of all drew near G#m B#m B C I will never understand why, why ♫ Chorus: B B#m B C They shot me off a dying planet in a tin-sized escape pod B B#m B C There was room only for a bed and porthole that I watched my home explode from B#m F#m B C The com-link's open, but there's no one tuned in on the other side B#m F#m B C Why did I deserve to live? Did I just deserve to watch them die?
B#m B B Oh, why did I? B#m B B Oh, why did I? ♫ Verse 2: G#m B#m In those first hours, no one heard me B C Scream at the hateful, cold eternity G#m B#m And I have been floating ever since then B C With nobody, but the darkness as my friend ♫ Pre-Chorus: G#m B#m B And if they had asked me, I wouldn't have agreed C That it was the right thing when… ♫ Chorus: B B#m B C They shot me off a dying planet in a tin-sized escape pod B B#m B C There was room only for a bed and porthole that I watched my home explode from B#m F#m B C The com-link's open, but there's no one tuned in on the other side B#m F#m B C Why did I deserve to live? Did I just deserve to watch them die? B#m B B Oh why did I? They shoved me off a dying planet In a tin-sized escape pod