Nautical chords by Protest the Hero

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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The day that civil glory
dismembered my civility
I could have parted ribs and flesh
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like a different kind of Red Sea
Drowned the ancient
east in western progress
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Custom and the least of
all our pride and sentiments
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Which turned out to be the closest
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thing to a fashion trend
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That's ever been bulletproof
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Which turned out to be the closest
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thing to a fashion trend
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That's ever been put on trial
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Verse 2
The rest was cast off as denial
of statehood and mastery
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The ultimate form of treason is the treacherous use
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C 
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of reason (the treacherous use)
Employed by the bastard sons of American
fore-fathers who who keep this fire burning
With the flesh of their would-be American
American daughters
Daughters
Daughters

Verse 3
Daughters
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What will happen to our children when
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the least of us pass on?
Us who fought the monsters of our
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country's crowded closet
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Us who dropped the bombs on goodness
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when we saw it wasn't flawless
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Us  whose youthful life was
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hostage to what harm did
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Who fought the hardest to be
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swept under the carpet