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