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'état 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