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