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