Intro
spoken]
("What the fuck are y'all doing is the question
This is the question")
[Verse 1]
Fm C# A#m Fm
The animals break out their ca - ges, now
Fm C# A#m Fm
Chaos is raining down around us
Fm C# A#m Fm
But here we stand with our arms fol - ded
Fm C# A#m Fm
Do you wanna be fr - ee of this?
[Verse 2]
Fm C# A#m Fm
When panic rises like the oceans, we
Fm C# A#m Fm
Just keep on flicking through the stations, 'cause
Fm C# A#m Fm
If we don't post it does it hap - pen?
Fm C# A#m Fm
Oh I wanna be fr - ee of this
[Pre-Chorus]
C# D# Fm
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
C# D# Fm
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
[Chorus]
D# G# C#
It only matters if we care now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
D# G# C#
And I remember when we cared now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm D#
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
[Verse 3]
Fm C# A#m Fm
Movies and news on televi - sion
Fm C# A#m Fm
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference, oh
Fm C# A#m Fm
When real life's more fucked up than fic - tion
Fm C# A#m Fm
Do you wanna be fr - ee of this?
[Pre-Chorus]
C# D# Fm
Have you and I been sleepwalking way too long?
C# D# Fm
Won't someone pour ice water on me?
[Chorus]
D# G# C#
It only matters if we care now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
D# G# C#
And I remember when we cared now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
[Bridge]
D# G# D#
I don't wanna play dumb, dumb anymore
Fm C#
I just wanna feel something, like before
G# D#
I don't wanna feel numb, numb anymore
Fm C# D#
I just wanna something, like before
[Chorus]
G# C#
It only matters if we care now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders
D# G# C#
And I remember when we cared now,
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm D#
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders
[Spoken]
G# C# D#
("Television viewers have the choice of watching the tragedy play out
Fm C# A#m
from the seating and comfort of their living rooms
Fm D# G# C#
But victims have to respond to the pressure of the media while still in shock")
[Ending]
D# Fm
If you're way beyond that
C# A#m Fm D#
Then I'm gonna dust you off of my shoulders, my shoulders