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