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