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