Intro
Fm7 G# Cm
[Verse 1]
Fm7 G# Cm
I said I don't mind, but you've touched a nerve
Fm7 G# Cm
The way you frame it, well, I got all I deserved
Fm7 G# Cm
Transgress imitation, machination, tears
Fm7 G# Cm
That bring a little rust to slow the gears
[Instrumental]
Fm7 G# Cm
[Verse 2]
Fm7 G# Cm
Breathe deep and comfort the disturbed
Fm7 G# Cm
Allies cause you both disrupt the herd
Fm7 G# Cm
In the cave you fear what would you find?
Fm7 G# Cm
Begin to think and soon you're undermined
[Pre-Chorus 1]
D# A# Fm7
We played our hands together
D# A# Fm7
You lose me in your blood chemistry
D# A# Fm7
Too rare to water down now
G# A#
So we'd better try to match her speed
[Chorus]
G# G Cm
Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
Fm7
Is it time to drink at your table?
G# G Cm
We can only wait and watch for so long
G# G Cm
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
Fm7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
G# G Cm
Where you fall is not where you belong
[Verse 3]
Fm7 G# Cm
Unify behind false enemies
Fm7 G# Cm
Arms race in hive mentalities
Fm7 G# Cm
Down other lines we would have been the same
Fm7 G# Cm
More than the ice that wears this mask of flame
[Pre-Chorus 2]
D# A# Fm7
Stay and reflect about them
D# A# Fm7
Beauty fades but still my charm deceives
D# A# Fm7
This night is shared and so we use each other
G# A#
Cause misery, loves company
[Chorus]
G# G Cm
Toast to the red queen and all she has seen
Fm7
Is it time to drink at your table?
G# G Cm
We can only wait and watch for so long
G# G Cm
Toast to our red queen, all those who have been
Fm7
Sidelined, a lifetime's conviction unstable
G# G Cm
Where you fall is not where you belong
[Bridge]
A# Fm7
And so it goes again
Cm A#
F wasted day to vie for my affection
Fm7
You're just another one
Cm A#
You gravitate to my defection
Cm
Soon you'll come undone
A#
Spiny bottle blacks and blondes
Fm7 G# G
Can't fake a smile so they draw it on
[Outro]
G# G Cm Fm7
G# G Cm
G# G Cm Fm7
G# G Em