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