Intro
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[Verse 1]
A F#m C#m
Crimson flames tied through my ears
D E A
Rollin' high and mighty traps
A F#m C#m A
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
D C#m E
Using ideas as my maps
D F#m E A
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
F#m D E
Proud 'neath heated brow.
A F#m A
Ah, but I was so much older then,
D E A
I'm younger than that now.
[Instrumental]
E E E E
[Verse 2]
A F#m C#m
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
D E A
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
A F#m C#m
Lies that life is black and white
D E
Spoke from my skull. I dreamed
F#m C#m
Romantic facts of musketeers
D E
Foundationed deep, somehow.
A F#m C#m D
Ah, but I was so much older then,
E A
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 3]
A F#m C#m
Girls' faces formed the forward path
D E A
From phony jealousy
A F#m C#m
To memorizing politics
D E
Of ancient history
F#m C#m
Flung down by corpse evangelists
D E
Unthought of, though, somehow.
A D A
Ah, but I was so much older then,
D E A
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 4]
A F#m C#m
F# self-ordained professor's tongue
D E A
Too serious to fool
A F#m C#m
Spouted out that liberty
D E
Is just equality in school
F#m C#m
"Equality," I spoke the word
D E
As if a wedding vow.
A F#m
Ah, but I was so much older then,
D E A
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 5]
A F#m C#m
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
D E A
At the mongrel dogs who teach
A F#m C#m
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
D E
In the instant that I preach
F#m D A
My existence led by confusion boats
F#m C#m E
Mutiny from stern to bow.
A F#m D A
Ah, but I was so much older then,
E A
I'm younger than that now.
[Verse 6]
A F#m C#m
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
D E A
Too noble to neglect
A F#m C#m
Deceived me into thinking
D E
I had something to protect
F#m C#m
Good and bad, I define these terms
D E
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow.
A F#m D A
Ah, but I was so much older then,
E A
I'm younger than that now.
transcribed by orest