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