G          Bb     Eb
Striking at mental apparitions
       G          Bb       C
Like a drunk on a vacant street
G          Bb          Eb
Silently beset by the hands of time
G          Bb      C
Indelicate in its fury
G            Bb       Eb
An aberrant crack as skeletons yield
       G       Bb    C
To unrelenting gravity
G              Bb       Eb
While viruses prowl for helpless victims
G           Bb    C
Who succumb rapidly

  G                               Bb
(Tell me!) Tell me; where is the love?
                 F
In a careless creation
             C
When there’s no “above"
            G
There’s no justice
                   Bb
Just a cause and a cure
                 F
And a bounty of suffering
            C
It seems we all endure
    Eb
And what I’m frightened of
   F                         G
Is that they call it “God’s love"

G       Bb       Eb
Twisted torment, make-believe
          G            Bb      C
There’s a truth and we all submit
    G       Bb        Eb
“Believe my eyes," my brain complies
   G             Bb     C
To all that they interpret

  G                              Bb
(Tell me!) Tell me; where is the love?
                 F
In a careless creation
             C
When there’s no “above"
            G
There’s no justice
                   Bb
Just a cause and a cure
                 F
And a bounty of suffering
            C
It seems we all endure
    Eb
And what I’m frightened of
   F                         G
Is that they call it “God’s love"

G       Bb         Eb           F
I know there’s no reason for alarm
G                 Bb              Eb                 F
But who needs perspective when it comes to pain and harm
G      Eb         F                Eb     C
We can change our minds; there’s a better prize

But first you’ve got to…
  G                               Bb
(Tell me!) Tell me; where is the love?
                 F
In a careless creation
             C
When there’s no “above"
            G
There’s no justice
                   Bb
Just a cause and a cure
                 F
And a bounty of suffering
            C
It seems we all endure
    Eb
And what I’m frightened of
   F                         G
Is that they call it “God’s love"

     Eb      Bb     Eb
They call it God’s love
    Eb      G     Eb
My pain is God’s love