Intro
Gm7 A# Dm
[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]
F C Gm7
We played our hands together
F C Gm7
You lose me in your blood chemistry
F C Gm7
Too rare to water down now
A# C
So we'd better try to match her speed
[Chorus]
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Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
Gm7
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
Gm7
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]
F C Gm7
Stay and reflect about them
F C Gm7
Beauty fades but still my charm deceives
F C Gm7
This night is shared and so we use each other
A# C
Cause misery, loves company
[Chorus]
A# A Dm
Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
Gm7
Is it time to drink at your table?
A# A Dm
We can only wait and watch for so long
A# A Dm
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
Gm7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
A# A Dm
Where you fall is not where you belong
[Bridge]
C Gm7
And so it goes again
Dm C
G wasted day to vie for my affection
Gm7
You're just another one
Dm C
You gravitate to my defection
Dm
Soon you'll come undone
C
Spiny bottle blacks and blondes
Gm7 A# A
Can't fake a smile so they draw it on
[Outro]
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