Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I said I don't mind, but you've touched a nerve
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The way you frame it, well, I got all I deserved
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Transgress imitation, machination, tears
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That bring a little rust to slow the gears
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Breathe deep and comfort the disturbed
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Allies cause you both disrupt the herd
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In the cave you fear what would you find?
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Begin to think and soon you're undermined
[Pre-Chorus 1]
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We played our hands together
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You lose me in your blood chemistry
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Too rare to water down now
C# D#
So we'd better try to match her speed
[Chorus]
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Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
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Is it time to drink at your table?
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We can only wait and watch for so long
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Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
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Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
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Where you fall is not where you belong
[Verse 3]
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Unify behind false enemies
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Arms race in hive mentalities
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Down other lines we would have been the same
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More than the ice that wears this mask of flame
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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Stay and reflect about them
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Beauty fades but still my charm deceives
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This night is shared and so we use each other
C# D#
Cause misery, loves company
[Chorus]
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Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
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Is it time to drink at your table?
C# C Fm
We can only wait and watch for so long
C# C Fm
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
A#m7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
C# C Fm
Where you fall is not where you belong
[Bridge]
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And so it goes again
Fm D#
A# wasted day to vie for my affection
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You're just another one
Fm D#
You gravitate to my defection
Fm
Soon you'll come undone
D#
Spiny bottle blacks and blondes
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Can't fake a smile so they draw it on
[Outro]
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