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