Transcription by Jody Beaulac. EDDGGAA EEDDGGAAB E D G A There's a boy in chrimson rags with a grimace and a spoon E D A B And a little sullen girl face-up staring at the moon E D G C And there's no one around to hear the lonesome cry D Then they pass away alone into the night E B C D E Why do we pity the dead? E B C D A Are you churned by emotion from the voices in your head E C G D Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why E G D Oh why do we pity the dead? EEDDGGAA EEDDAABB E D G A Well you've seen the disease, suffering, and decay E D A B And you whisper to yourself blissfully "It's okay" E D G C And you still refuse the possibility D That the dead are better off than we E B C D E Why do we pity the dead? E B C D A Are you churned by emotion from the voices in your head E C G D Look at all the living and you'll ask yourself why E G D C D E Oh why do we pity the dead? Pity the dead C D E C D E Tell me what you see, tell me what you know G D Is there anyone who lives a painless life? C D E If there is, show me so E E E E(high) E E E D The destitude and famished, demonic and the banished E E E E(high) E E E D Dejected and the ostracized, the brainwashed and the paralyzed E C G D The conquered and objectified, the few who see the other side C D E Tell me what you see G D C D E It's a mortal wretched cacophony