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