Checkmate

[Intro]
D5

[Bridge]
C5 A#5 D#5 D5

[Verse 1]
F5 D5
Watch the gears grind off their teeth
The screeching halt machine
Digging heels in disbelief
Two reactional identities
Opposing policies
F5
A baitandswitch routine

[Verse 2]
Doubletakes and doublespeak
D5
Still scripting the facade
F5
Asphyxiate and choke the truth
D5
All hail the money god

[Chorus]
Repeat, echo, refrain
It’s all the same
So deafening
Repeat, echo, refrain
A consequence
We asked for this
Repeat, echo, refrain
No, never again
The American scream
A coup d’Ã©tat on full display

[Verse 3]
A liar’s sick charade
A traitor’s grand parade
Narcissistic masquerades
For those without a say
Systematic disarray
F5
Divide and conquer and close them in

[Verse 4]
And bury secrets deep
D5 F5
Make America hate again
And bleed the sheep to sleep
D5
Repeat, echo, refrain
It’s all the same

[Chorus]
So deafening
Repeat, echo, refrain
A consequence
We asked for this
Repeat, echo, refrain
No, never again
The American scream
Scream
You try to pick the lesser of
But evil doesn’t come in twos

[Bridge]
Bellicose and balkanized

[Interlude]
A sinking ship of fools

[Verse 5]
So kiss the hangman as you drop
The rotting corpse of decency
Just another casualty of the American scream

[Verse 6]
Scream
The American scream
Repeat, echo, refrain

[Interlude]
D5
It’s all the same
G5 A#5
So deafening
D5
Repeat, echo, refrain
A consequence

[Bridge]
We asked for this

[Chorus]
Repeat, echo, refrain
No, never again
The American scream
Never again