Flat top pave-ment com-fort me
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
There=D5s a distant fuzz of a frequency
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Vio-lent-ly
What protection everlasting peace
Everything must cease
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to remind the people's will
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
It is spread like a cave to entrap the pod
And the decent folks find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What protection everlasting peace
Everything must cease
(Pluck 6th string only -- this part is slow)
Brave me-mo-rials hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
(Strum from here -- resumes normal Bad Religion tempo)
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once is reduced to remembrance
And the generations pass without recompense
Aa-aaaa-hhh
What protection everlasting peace
Everything must cease