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