Tonart: E minor
Verse 1
Bm
Em
Am
Em
I know it's
Am
But I've been looking for a
Bm
way out of this empty race
Em
D
Am
Now we're running out of grace
Got to take ourselves a minute
Bm
Em
just to contemplate
D
Bm
Am
Where are we going? Yeah
Bm
Em
What are we trying to achieve?
D
C
Bm
What is the point if all this
Am
Bm
is only make- believe?
Verse 2
Bm
Em
Bm
Been working in a bullshit job
Am
Bm
Em
In a bullshit system for bullshit wages
Forty hours pushing numbers around
Am
So that some little clown can
Bm
Em
unlock these cages
And if you work hard and you
D
Am
don't complain
Bm
Em
Then you might even say you made it
Verse 3
Em
But what did you make?
D
G
Am
Did your labor create truth and
Bm
Em
beauty or fakeness?
Verse 4
Bm
They tell you it's a fight
Bm
No matter it's your brother,
Em
sister or your friend
Bm
Somebody's got to lose
Verse 5
Am
And that's why we keep
Bm
Em
losing again and again
Bm
But every time we're losing,
Am
you're gaining a friend
And a friend,
Bm
Em
they give you more than riches ever can
Bm
Am
Bm
But in the end, does anybody ever win? No,
Verse 6
D
I know it's probably not my place
Am
But I've been looking for a
Bm
way out of this empty race
Em
D
Am
Now we're running out of grace
Got to take ourselves a minute
Bm
Em
just to contemplate
D
C
Bm
Am
Where are we going? Yeah
Bm
Em
What are we trying to achieve?
D
C
Bm
What is the point if all this
Am
is only make- believe?
Bm
Interlude 1
Em
D
Am
Bm
Em
D
Bm
Am
Bm
G
Em
Verse 7
Bm
Am
Everything for sale
Bm
Am
Em
Everything on special offer
Verse 8
Bm
Am
No matter what you say
Bm
Em
You're just another happy shopper
Bm
Am
Your country needs you now
Bm
Em
So put your hands into your pocket
Bm
And shop until you drop
Am
Bm
G
They say that's the only way to stop it
Verse 9
Em
On your marks, get set,
D
Am
go racing down to Primark
Queuing 'round the corner from
Bm
G
Bm
first light 'til it gets dark
Em
D
Retail therapy that you can't
afford to let pass
Am
Bm
So you set your alarm at 6 AM
G
Bm
to give you a head start
Em
Black Friday every day from
D
Am
now until the planet dies
G
Kids aspiring to monetize their
Em
so- called private lives
Profiled, analyzed,
D
Am
incentivized, then polarized
Bm
Watch live online as we document our
own demise
Em
Am
Em
Am
Verse 10
Em
D
I know it's probably not my place
Am
But I've been looking for a way
Bm
Em
out of this empty race
D
Am
Now we're running out of grace
Got to take ourselves a minute
Bm
Em
just to contemplate
D
C
D
Am
Where are we going? Yeah
Bm
What are we trying to achieve?
Em
D
C
Bm
What is the point if all this
Am
Bm
is only make- believe?
Em
Interlude 2
D
Am
Bm
Em
D
Am
Bm
G
Em
D
There's no meaning
Verse 11
Bm
anymore
Am
Bm
G
Bm
Or that's the way we wanna play it
Em
Bm
Obsessing over where we disagree
Verse 12
Am
listening
Bm
To what the other's got to say
Em
And while we fight over some
Verse 13
Em
Bm
Am
petty little difference
Verse 14
Bm
The real power treats us
Bm
Em
Our only strength is our
Bm
numbers and our vision
Am
So we need to learn to listen or
Bm
G
Bm
we'll soon be irrelevant
Em
D
Everyone's an expert these days,
Verse 15
I'm getting sick of it
Am
Throw away cut and paste
Bm
opinions just for the kick of it
Em
D
Craving that dopamine hit that you
get when they click on it
Am
Bm
Why bother listening to people living
Em
there in the thick of it?
Fighting on Facebook for our
D
God- given right to be wrong
Am
Bm
Listening to any old idiot
with a mic and a song
Em
Each and every person driven
D
by their desire to belong
Am
Bm
Pick out the enemy, pile on, pile on
Em
I know it's probably not my
Verse 16
Am
But I've been looking for a way
Bm
Em
out of this empty race
D
Am
Now we're running out of grace
Got to take ourselves a minute
Bm
Em
just to contemplate
D
Am
Where are we going? Yeah
Bm
Em
What are we trying to achieve?
D
C
Bm
What is the point if all this
Am
is only make- believe?
Bm
Em
D
Am
I know it's probably not my place
Verse 17
Am
But I'm looking for a way out
Bm
Em
of this empty race
D
Am
Now we're running out of grace
Verse 18
Am
Take ourselves a minute just
Bm
Em
to contemplate
D
Bm
Am
Where are we going? Yeah
Bm
Em
What are we trying to achieve?
D
C
Bm
What is the point if all this
Am
is only make- believe?
Verse 19
Bm
Em
I know it's probably not,
D
Am
Bm
probably not my place
Em
I know it's probably not,
D
Am
Bm
probably not my place
Em
I know it's probably not,
D
Am
Bm
probably not my place
Em
I know it's probably not,
D
Am
probably not my place
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