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