Matt Pless - When the frayed wind blows

If it ^Amstarts with an explosion Do you ^Dmend it with a bang? First the ^Ewhistles start a blowin' Then the ^Amguilty finally hang

Theres a^Am storm on the horizon And the^Dm waters on the rise We're wat^Eching history repeatin' With the^Am changin' times

The fig^Amureheads keep talking But they're^Dm buried in the sand Every^Eone is pointing fingers Everyb^Amody plays their hand

The f^Amix is in, the game is rigged The p^Dmawns are polarized You can e^Either pick a side Or think ^Amoutside the picket lines

I wonder,^F is this a revolution ^COr just mass confusion? When e^Every voice is trying to scream The l^Amoudest for equality While ^Dmwe argue strategy ^AmCulture and philosophy People d^Eie in city streets All paved with ^Amblood and poverty

The power^Fs with a chosen few Des^Cperation's just a tool That c^Erooked corruption use To k^Ameep the private prisons full diamon^Dmd pockets lined with profits Earned^Am from broken lives Misled to^E pledge by one discrimi^Amnation under God I'm sayin

^Fstop the world, i w^Canna get off everyth^Ging's on fire and it's fa^Amlling apart so if we ^Fcan't turn back can we c^Change the course when the f^Gury of the ^Ffrayed ^Gwind b^Amlows

The pr^Ameachers sell salvation To the f^Dmaithful on their knees Some p^Erey upon our need and want For so^Ammething to believe

And s^Amome have spun the doctrines Holy g^Dmuide toward paradise To ^Ejustify injustices and c^Amenturies of genocide

Surre^Amnder to your temples To your^Dm alters or your shrines The ^Eweapons used by shepherds So the ^Amsheep will keep in line

Conf^Amlicting congregations Thinking^Dm only of themselves If thats^E the path to heaven Hate to ^Amsee the road to hell

I t^Fell ya' they take a vision mak^Ce religion, cause division Keep you ^Evacant and complacent And d^Amependent on a system

By c^Dmreating ways to seperate Ut^Amilizing class and race Pre^Ejudice perpetuates And keep^Ams monopolies in place

Trickle u^Fp or trickle down Stack or ^Cspread the wealth around Someones^E hope is runnin' out While for^Amtune feeds a bank account Empt^Dmy promise politicians Pande^Amr to the poor While there's^E money used for funding Phony war^Ams on foreign shores

^Fstop the world, i w^Canna get off Cause they're ^Gloading up the bullets And they're ^Amdropping the bombs The pro^Fpaganda beats to the ^Cnarrative drums when the f^Gury of the ^Ffrayed ^Gwind ^Amblows

The c^Amriminals in congress They ain't^Dm got no ground to stand They're ^Ebuilding walls and borders Up ar^Amound the stolen land

A le^Amgacy of liberty Thats^Dm how the story goes But c^Eonquerers rewrote the past To s^Amuit the status quo

So ^Amis it institutions Or the ^Dmstate of human kind That l^Eeads to some exalted Over t^Amhousands left behind

They'll ^Ampush you to you're limit But in^Dm turn, they'll push their luck Cause s^Eleeping giants riot When they've^Am finally woken up

Because they're ^Fbuying your silence with those ^Cshiny advertisments They l^Eie and cheat and steal And tax your^Am habits so you'll finance

What they^F hide away behind the scenes ^CCover over underneath ^EPopulation Explotation Vi^Amctimized by vanity

Fa^Fces in a magazine Pic^Ctures on a pixel screen Se^Et a lofty standard That di^Amsintegrates your self esteem

Rac^Fe to chase a plastic dream Red^C carpets and Limousines Bl^Einded and distracted by The ^Amflashbulbs of celebrity

But just ^Fbeyond the limelight After ^Cfame has run it's course They'll ^Ethrow you to the lions While a sold ^Amout crowd will roar

^Fstop the world, i w^Canna get off Cause there's ^Gbodies lying breathless, bleeding, ^Ampiling up. they s^Fhook the bottled Rage now it's ^Cbound to erupt when the f^Gury of the ^Ffrayed ^Gwind ^Amblows

You can ^Amthink yourself in circles But the ^Dmanswers never clear Is there ^Esafety with surveillance? Is there ^Amfreedom without fear?

Unr^Amavel and untangle All you ^Dmthought you understood And q^Euestion everything Until you ^Amquestion why you should

We'll ^Amchange the world with flowers Or we'll ^Dmchange the world with guns We'll p^Elant a seed or dig a grave Befor^Ame its said and done

But if^Am we come together All for ^Dmone and one for all Resi^Estence rises up Sure as^Am an empire will fall

So ill ^Amjust work toward the future May it^Dm crumble for the better Where ^Etyrannical oppressors Are just ^Amshadows we remember

No ^Fjudgment based on color Or your ^Clover or your gender Dism^Eantle older models So they c^Amant be reassembled But the ^Dmday the tables turn your way Watch^Am out for a twist of fate Careful n^Eot to stumble and become The ^Amvery thing you hate

Search for ^Fsomething comforting Seek out ^Csomething innocent But you'll ^Enever have those eyes That look at ^Amlife that way again So you can^Dm take the high road Nothing^Am ventured, nothing gained But you fight^E fire with fire When ^Amyou're going down in flames

^Fstop the world I w^Canna get off Cause we're at^G each other's throats and now it's^Am choking my heart so we can ^Fburn the earth or e^Cxtinguish the torch when the f^Gury of the ^Ffrayed ^Gwind ^Amblows