Intro
G#m D#m G#m Fm
G#m
Where is the peace that they promised we’d find?
D#m
Peace for our cities our children our minds?
E
We are desperate and lost on the winds
G#m
Of ideals that keep changing their course
D#m
Utopian dreamers only bring us new wars
E
We are desolate at another dead end
G#m F#
E G#m
So why does the tide always brings us to this?
F# D#m
If heaven is real why’s it easy to miss?
E G#m
I want life but I’m content to exist
D#m D#
Without knowing my purpose
G#m
Where are the prophets the priests and the kings
D#m
Who looked beyond nature for the nature of things?
E
They’ve been ignored
G#m
And called primitive men cause their theories weren’t fully evolved
D#m
They believed mysteries that science can’t solve
E
But I’m unsure that we’re wiser than them
G#m F#
E G#m
We look at the world through a narrower lens
F# D#m
We follow our reason and stop where she ends
E G#m
We put faith in our senses and forsake common sense
D#m D#
It’s disorder but we call it a new world order
D#m
Are we so righteous that we can make all the wrongs right?
B D#m
Are we so enlightened that we can turn darkness to light? (No)
G#m D#m
We’re just the cynics proclaiming the flaws
C#m G#m F#
We aim our polemic at political laws
E G#m
We’re fighting the symptoms because we can’t see
D#m D#
Our greed is the cause - (Oh yes, our greed is the cause)
G#m D#m
We stand as judges when we should be standing on trial
C#m G#m F#
We’re the ones who make this world a desolate isle
E G#m D#m D#
We’re the problem – every father every mother every child
But the truth is we’ve grown to love the exile
G#m
G#m D#m
On this rock we’ve taken our stand
C#m D#m
Joined by the leagues of men now buried in sand
G#m D#m
Babylon – we’ll build her again
C#m
The great city of man
D#m D#
But this time we'll be sure she will stand!
G#m D#m
But on this rock the castles will fall
(Here comes the light cast to wipe out the walls)
C#m D#m E G#m D#m D#
We can’t keep the waves of time from reaching the walls
(Oh dear humanity, where is your sanity?)
G#m D#m
Every man – the great and the small
(And the women and the children)
C#m D#m E G#m D#m D#
When the Tide overtakes us Justice will take us all
(Justice will break us, shake us just in time to see our wretched seeds)
D#m
Are we so righteous that we can make all the wrongs right?
B D#m
Are we so enlightened that we can turn darkness to light?
B C#m D#m G#m D#m
Are we so righteous that grace doesn’t have any worth?
B F#/A# E/G# F# D#m
Are we so enlightened that we can build heaven on earth?
No!
G#m D#m x3
G#m Fm E
B D#m x2
B D#m
Are we so righteous grace has no longer has worth?
(Who can save us?)
B D#m
Are we so enlightened that we can build heaven on earth?
(Who can save us?)
B D#m
Are we so righteous we can make all the wrongs right?
(Who can save us?)
B D#m
Are we so enlightened we can turn darkness to light?
(Who can save us?)
E Em B
Are we convinced that we can save ourselves?
E