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Introduction:
E A
She got bangs, and I got sober
C#m B
I think you'd get along if you were here to get to know her
E A
and you'd understand why I say
C#m B
"this machine used to kill fascists back in the day"
E A
Well things got bad, so I finally saw a shrink
C#m B
who said I need to relax using Xanax instead of weed
E A
made up childhood trauma, spoke of SSRI's
C#m B
all while staring at her phone the whole time
E A Am
I know you'd understand why I never went back inside.
E A
I'm buried in bullshit, locked in a system
C#m B
of scamming each other as if love's in the profit margin
E A
virtue signaling the way out of the maze we're in
C#m B
forced to compete against each other for the zero sum win
E
but this machine used to kill fascists
A
it used to be
C#m B
a means of liberation from the hegemony
E A
now it's accessory rebellion for your identity
C#m B
that you can purchase from the counter-culture industry
E A Am
oh I know you'd know what I mean...
E A E
Cause if it's all "work hard play hard " until we're done
E A B
that seems to work for everyone just fine
E A E
but if there's no higher purpose I'm working towards
E A B
then what have I been doing this whole time?
A Am
Oh you would understand why I see the signs of the end
E B
in a new apartment complex coming in
E A
yelling "the pain will stop when you give in"
E B
but the marquee outside the church says
E A
"don't give up while the miracle's unravelling"
E B
and there's a vacant lot by the sea
E A
suspending disbelief indefinitely
E B
It shrugs at me in solidarity
E A
Well she cut her bangs, and I cut a record
C#m B
and I wrote to your mom, unsure if it'd upset her
E A
but I sent her the pictures from our last ride
C#m B
I still can't get anyone to tell me how you died
E A Am B E
But I understand why