Intro
B D#m C#
B D#m
[VERSE 1]
B
Roll up another cigarette
D#m C#
Using the minute that it takes
B D#m C#
To think about the power of your words
B
We're living in the currents you create
D#m C#
We're sinking in the pool of your mistakes
B D#m
So stub it out, your podium awaits
[PRE-CHORUS]
B C# F#
Oh my God, my God
B C# D#m F#
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air
F#/F D#m B
Cause you're making me feel nervous
C# F# F#/F
I need to clear my head
D#m B
I can't believe my ears
G#m D#m C#
I don't wanna believe my ears
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air
[VERSE 2]
B
How can you think you're serious?
D#m C#
Do you even know what year it is?
B D#m C#
I can't believe the scary points you make
B
Still living in the currents you create
D#m C#
Still sinking in the pool of your mistakes
B D#m C#
Won't you stop firing up the crazies?
[PRE-CHORUS]
B C# F#
Oh my God, my God
B C# D#m F#
I can't quite believe my ears
[CHORUS]
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air
F#/F D#m B
Cause you're making me feel nervous
C# F# F#/F
I need to clear my head
D#m B
I can't believe my ears
G#m D#m C#
I don't wanna believe my ears
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air
[BRIDGE]
F# B
(When anybody preaches this unity tries to pit one of us against the other,)
F# B
(you know that person seeks to rob us of our freedom and destroy our very lives)
F#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
B
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
F#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
B
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
F#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
B
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
F#
Oh, I need a breath, I need a breath
B
Fill my lungs, let me fill my lungs
[CHORUS]
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air
F#/F D#m B
Cause you're making me feel nervous
C# F# F#/F
I need to clear my head
D#m B
I can't believe my ears
G#m D#m C#
I don't wanna believe my ears
F# B
I'm swimming to the surface
C# F#
I'm coming up for air