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