Written by Sleater-Kinney
GUITAR 1 D F#m x4 D F#m i'm a bubble in a sound wave D F#m a sonic push for energy D F#m exploding like the sun D F# a flash of clean white hope D F#m all you scientists can hold your breath D F#m can i decide to show myself? oh oh D F#m D F#m (take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly D F#m D F#m oh my imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme) D F#m if you think like thomas edison D F#m could you invent a world for me D F#m now all that's on the surface D F#m are bloody arms and oil fields D F#m could i turn this place upside down D F#m shake you and your fossils out oh oh D F#m D F#m (you can't predict everything with newton like certainty why? D F#m D F#m (E) i-i 'cause it floats around all we see with oscillating energy on high F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 and you soothe yourself F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 with a sound you know F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 you tune out F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 the hypnotic drone F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 perfect hexagon F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 of the honeycomb F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 and you soothe yourself F#m with the shapes you know D F#m Should I come outside and run your cars D F#m Should I run your rockets to the stars D F#m Could you invent a world for me D F#m I need to hear a symphony D F#m If I'm to run the future D F#m You've got to let the old world go oh oh D F#m D F#m (take me to the source of chaos let me be the butterfly D F#m D F#m oh my imperfect symmetry has underlying poetry in rhyme) F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 and you soothe yourself F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 with a sound you know F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 you tune out F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 the hypnotic drone F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 perfect hexagon F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 of the honeycomb F#m D7 E7 A9 G#9 and you soothe yourself F#m with the shapes you know D F#m Your word for me is fusion D F#m But is real change an illusion D F#m Could I turn this place all upside down D F#m And shake you and your fossils out D F#m If I'm to run the future D F#m You've got to let the old world go D F#m Could you invent a world for me D F#m I need to hear a symphony oh oh D F#m x4