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