Intro
A#m C# G#
A#m C# G#
[Verse 1]
A#m
"But still it moves" I heard you cry
C# G#
Matters of fact attract, with time to bide
A#m
Thread sisters stay on my side
C# G#
Heavy headed when we collide
[Link]
A#m C# G#
A#m C# G#
[Verse 2]
A#m
Ten sounds at once reverberate
C# G#
Coin-operations self-sustain in a cloud
A#m
Compulsion caught will penetrate
C# G#
"Come on son, do your country proud!"
[Pre-Chorus 1]
A#m Fm
Lead us down to the ocean
C# F# A#m G#
And wash our hands of campaigns for the self-assured now
A#m Fm
Fading white in surrender
C# F# G#
And weary from the beating sun that blinds you
[Chorus 1]
A#m
Take a hit for catharsis
C#
Take a hit for them all
G# A#m
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
C#
I wanna kill for a cause
A#m
Before they fall
[Link]
A#m C# G#
A#m C# G#
[Verse 3]
A#m
The fall won't kill but it's gonna hurt
C# G#
And for a moment clear the haze from your eyes
A#m
To redefine the lines of flesh and dirt
C# G#
A# sudden tenderness, viscera surprise
A#m
Dressed in red to mourn the dead
C# G#
6 o'clock, do you watch just to wince at this?
A#m
Eyes are wide; we have been misled
C# G#
And now you face the modern synthesis
[Pre-Chorus 2]
A#m Fm
Straighten out your fiction
C# F# G#
As means to ends and ends to meaning guide you
[Chorus 2]
A#m
Take a hit for catharsis
C#
Take a hit for them all
G# A#m
After the flags they're selling off the wall
I wanna die for a reason
C#
I wanna kill for a cause
G# Fm
After the flags I'm nobody at all
[Link]
A#m C# G#
A#m C# G#
[Chorus 3]
A#m
Take a hit for catharsis
C#
Take a hit for them all
G# A#m
After the flags they're selling off the wall
N.C.
(After the flags they're selling off the wall)
If I can't reach you with reason
C#
You set us up for a fall
G# Fm
After the flags you're nobody at all
[Outro]
A#m C# G#
A#m C# G#
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