Tone: [Em]
Verse 1:
[C]I used to [Em]think that [D]memories[Em]memories were l[Am]like pollen
[C]I would [Em]breathe them in [D] [A]
[C]And they would [Em]stick to the [D]walls o[Am]of my nose
[C]And congest my [Em]amygdala with [Am]visions of everything
[C]But oh, it's not so s[Em]simple, is it?
[D]When the f[Am]fog comes rolling in, please [C]know
I didn't [Em7]desert you
I s[A]saved you from seeing the pain of the bl[C]blinded [Em]
[D]Can you [A]hear the cries of the blind[C]blinded? [Em] [A]
Chorus:
[C]Alex[D]Alexandria [G]burn[D]burning [C]
This[D] is g[G]enoci[D]de [C]
You have [D]taken our [G]yearning, [D]countrymen
And [C]set forth a [D]pyre of i[G]innocеnt [D]lives
[C]Do you f[D]feel the earth [G]turni[D]turning [C]
What h[D]havе you [G]done? Oh, God, o[D]oh, sin
[C]Fetishi[D]Fetishising the [G]fruits of our k[D]knowledge
Lea[C]Leaving us [D]with the a[G]shes to[D] begin again
[C] [Em] [D] [A] [C] [Em] [D] [A]
Verse 2:
[C]I'm so y[Em]young and there's [D]so little I k[Am]know
[C]Harmonising [Em]models of [D]cherry [Am]soda
[C]Clicking in rhythm with [Em]circadian [D]footfalls [A]
[C]Cycling through an [Em]endless pattern of [D]who I could be
If [Am]I just stopped falling
[C]Spring comes to where I [D]am
And I k[G]know I'm not [D]getting a[C]anywhere
Droplets of moisture begging for [D]rebirth
Let this be a [G]sign [D]unto[C]unto you, oh you, oh you, oh you
Chorus:
Alexa[D]Alexandria [G]burn[D]burning [C]
[D]This ami[G]amicicid[D]cicide
[C]You have [D]met your [G]potential, [D]countrymen
In [C]cowardly [D]panic, and [G]cast them asi[D]aside
[C]Do you f[D]find what you're [G]missing?[D]missing? [C]
[D]Does that [G]matchbook [D]know your sins?
[C]Expedi[D]Expediting your self-[G]self-inflicted [D]punishments
And [C]leaving you [D]with the a[G]ashes to [D]begin again
Interlude:
[C] [D] [G] [D] [C]
Outro:
[C]In my dreams [D]they will wait for me
[G]They will let me bask like a li[D]lizard on a rock in be[C]bed
And I will walk through the f[C]fire, hand in hand
With the k[D]kid who used to aboard pockets of lichen crystals
In hopes that on[G]one day, in the reflection[D]reflection
of one of the fractals he would find a
[C]future for himself
[C]And it will be [D]beautiful [G]
It will be [D]so xxxxi[C]xxxxing beautiful
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