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