Intro
G# D# C# A#m
G# D# G#
G# D# C# A#m
G# D# C#
[Verse]
G# D#
Schopenhauer in Berlin
C# A#m
Watched the metropolis collapse to the village
G# D#
It's a sign of the times that we're in
C# A#m
That we're thinking along the same line he did
G# D#
So we climb to the top of the bridge
C# A#m
Where the white flag was raised in defiance, oh!
G# D#
It's a truce. It's a loss. It's a win
C# C# C#/C C#/A# G#
It's a landslide
[Pre-Chorus]
C#maj7
Will you pay for my flu shot?
Fm G# D#
I'm immune, but my heart's not, and I'm cold
C#maj7
Will we blink like the charge on a battery
Fm
Blinking out together? Open question
[Break]
G# D# C# A#m
G# D# G# A#m
[Verse]
G# D#
Schopenhauer on the Greyhound
C# A#m
Drinking Drano from an open container
G# D#
Saw the wisdom in keeping his gaze fixed
C# A#m
At the phone lines
G# D#
Then Schopenhauer spat his teeth out
C# A#m
In the hopes that was collectively kinder
G# D#
On a night of drunken karaoke
C# A#m
And young tired eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
C#maj7
When we dream we connect in communion
Fm G# D#
Our slurred words spoke we backwards the more
C# G#
We sang "La la la, la la la la la, registration documents!"
Fm G# D#
Closed our eyes, and passed out on the floor
C#maj7
If we cling to the cold star
N.C.
Will we freeze together? Open question.
[Intro]
G# D# C# A#m
G# D# G#
G# D# C# A#m
G# D# C#
[Verse]
G# D#
Schopenhauer in New York City
C# A#m
Was conflicted in his hatred of Hegel
G# D#
But his arrogance conquered his pity
C#
And he flew out
G# D#
On the first flight his sister could find him
C# A#m
And he slept all the way back to Tegel
G# D#
Where the landing lights threatened to blind him
C#
Until they blew out
[Pre-Chorus]
C#maj7
I can't sleep. We got older
Fm G# D#
We were cool. Now we're cold and alone
C#
But if we sing "La la la, la la la la la!" will our wild democracy
Fm
Echo out forever? Open question.
[Outro]
G# D# C# A#m
If the universal will blanks your mind
G# D# C# A#m
If the population catalyst declines
G# D# C# A#m
Please remember: Schopenahuer in Berlin was not unkind
G# G#/G Fm C# G#
He had eyes, he had eyes, just like ours