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