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