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