Am                  C                 G         D
You lived your life like you were on fire, but how could I dance?
Am              C             G                D
When your soul just lifted me higher and higher and higher?
Am         C        G          D
Paint bleeds, ink runs, image of your love
Dm               G
Your memory, our history

(Why did you have to go?)


[Chorus]

Am  C              G         D              Am
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
C                G                  D
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Am          C              G              D
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Dm                 G
But you had to die for me to see how to live

Am             C
(For me to see how, how)
G              D
(For me to see how, ohhh)
Am             C
(For me to see how, how)
G              D
(For me to see how, ohhh)

Am         C              G            D
I lived my life hiding in shadows, but now I can see
Am         C                G            D
'Cause your soul is lifting me higher and higher and higher
Am           C                G          D
Paint bleeds, I can't breathe, need you here with me
Dm             G
Close my eyes, I can feel you close

(Why did you have to go?)

Am  C              G         D              Am
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
C                G                  D
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Am          C              G              D
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Dm                 G
But you had to die for me to see how to live

Am      C         G        D
Angels fall, it's not your fault
Am       C         G       D
Time goes on without you (without you)
Am        C         G        D
Goodbye old friend, we'll meet again
Dm              G
Life goes on without you

(Why did you have to go?)

Am  C              G         D              Am
    I'd give up my eyes to see you one last time
C                G                  D
And I'd give all my fingertips to touch you
            Am          C              G              D
And I could paint you picture perfect, even if I were blinded
Dm                 G
But you had to die for me to see how to live

Am             C
(For me to see how, how)
G              D
(For me to see how, live)
Am             C
(For me to see how, how)
G              D
(For me to see how, live)