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]
E B F#m7
We played our hands together
E B F#m7
You lose me in your blood chemistry
E B F#m7
Too rare to water down now
A B
So we'd better try to match her speed
[Chorus]
A G# C#m
Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
F#m7
Is it time to drink at your table?
A G# C#m
We can only wait and watch for so long
A G# C#m
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
F#m7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
A G# C#m
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]
E B F#m7
Stay and reflect about them
E B F#m7
Beauty fades but still my charm deceives
E B F#m7
This night is shared and so we use each other
A B
Cause misery, loves company
[Chorus]
A G# C#m
Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
F#m7
Is it time to drink at your table?
A G# C#m
We can only wait and watch for so long
A G# C#m
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
F#m7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
A G# C#m
Where you fall is not where you belong
[Bridge]
B F#m7
And so it goes again
C#m B
F# wasted day to vie for my affection
F#m7
You're just another one
C#m B
You gravitate to my defection
C#m
Soon you'll come undone
B
Spiny bottle blacks and blondes
F#m7 A G#
Can't fake a smile so they draw it on
[Outro]
A G# C#m F#m7
A G# C#m
A G# C#m F#m7
A G# Em