[Tempo: 124 BPM] [Time Signature: 4/4] [Tuning: Drop D] [Intro] [D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] [Muted guitar scratching] [Drum count-in] [Explosive distorted guitar riff] [D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] [Verse 1] [Quiet] [Palm-muted guitar] [D5] I woke up wearing someone’s name [D5] Another face inside the frame [Bb5] The television knows my fear [C5] It sells it back from year to year [D5] I drew a doorway on the wall [D5] But no one wants to leave at all [Bb5] We trade our voices for a screen [C5] And call the silence being seen [Pre-Chorus] [Gradual build] [Opening hi-hat] [Bb5] Turn it down [C5] Turn it down [D5] I can hear the wires breathing [D5] Underneath the ceiling [Chorus] [Full distortion] [Explosive drums] [Shouted melodic vocal] [D5] We are the static generation [F5] Dancing through the interference [C5] Burning out for entertainment [G5] Laughing at our disappearance [D5] We are the static generation [F5] No direction, no salvation [C5] Turn the noise into a weapon [G5] Kill the perfect imitation [Post-Chorus] [Gang shouts] [D5] Hey! Break the signal! [F5] Hey! Break the signal! [C5] Hey! Break the signal! [G5] Let the whole machine fall down! [Instrumental Break] [D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] [Dirty guitar riff] [Short feedback burst] [Verse 2] [Quiet] [Palm-muted guitar] [D5] The pretty liars sell the cure [D5] They make the sickness look so pure [Bb5] A plastic crown, a paper throne [C5] A thousand friends, but still alone [D5] I tried to speak, they chose the words [D5] I tried to fly, they sold the birds [Bb5] So let the speakers overload [C5] We’ll build a home beneath the noise [Pre-Chorus] [Gradual build] [Bb5] Turn it up [C5] Turn it up [D5] Let them hear the wires screaming [D5] Wake us from the dreaming [Chorus] [Full distortion] [Shouted melodic vocal] [D5] We are the static generation [F5] Dancing through the interference [C5] Burning out for entertainment [G5] Laughing at our disappearance [D5] We are the static generation [F5] No direction, no salvation [C5] Turn the noise into a weapon [G5] Kill the perfect imitation [Guitar Solo] [D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] [Noisy dissonant guitar solo] [Uncontrolled bends] [Pick scraping] [Amplifier feedback] [Bridge] [Half-time drums] [Clean chorus guitar] [Low intimate vocal] [Gm] I don’t need another reason [Bb] I don’t need another rule [Dm] Every saint becomes a salesman [C] Every prophet plays the fool [Gm] I don’t want another slogan [Bb] Printed underneath my skin [Dm] When the perfect world is broken [C] That is when the noise begins [Build-Up] [Increasing distortion] [Drums accelerating in intensity] [Bb5] Cut the cable [C5] Crack the screen [D5] Wake me from the perfect dream [Bb5] Cut the cable [C5] Crack the screen [D5] Show me something raw and real [Final Chorus] [Maximum intensity] [Double-tracked shouted vocals] [D5] We are the static generation [F5] Dancing through the interference [C5] Burning out for entertainment [G5] Screaming through our disappearance [D5] We are the static generation [F5] No permission, no submission [C5] Turn the noise into a weapon [G5] Start a beautiful collision [Final Post-Chorus] [Gang vocals] [Crash cymbals] [D5] Hey! Break the signal! [F5] Hey! Break the signal! [C5] Hey! Break the signal! [G5] Let the whole machine fall down! [Outro] [D5] [F5] [C5] [G5] [Chaotic guitar feedback] [Slowing drums] [D5] [Sudden stop]
