[VERSE I]
F#m A
So he speaks of a better world
E B
One without people like them
F#m A
He proclaims to keep them out
E B
Or lock them in out of sight and out of mind
F#m D A C#m
"And it's not my problem after that"
[CHORUS]
F#m D A C#m
How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time
F#m D A C#m
The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home
[VERSE II]
F#m A
And so they campaign for a better world
E B
Policies for peace with no taste for defeat
F#m A
Petrol price is up so a war is going down
E B
Ship back the oil and let them go to town
F#m D A C#m
"people need to see what true freedom means"
[CHORUS]
F#m D A C#m
How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time
F#m D A C#m
The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home
[VERSE III]
F#m A
So I hear you've brought the army in
E B
Protect us all from the cowards
F#m A
but You stationed them with parliment
E B
the government and the queen
F#m D A C#m
"I'm needed so I can call the shots"
[2 bars of intro]
[VERSE IV]
F#m A
We're spiders in the bath
E B
Flies caught on it's web in the end it's all the same
Victims of ourselves trapped with a beast we created
[CHORUS]
F#m D A C#m
How did we end up in this mess there's no way out this time
F#m D A C#m
The doors are locked the blinds are closed and there's no route left to home
[INSTRUMENTAL]
[BRIDGE]
F#m D A C#m
We need to learn to escape Break the pattern break the chains
F#m D A C#m
Leave the earth and go to space I don't know how, I don't know when
[END]
F#m A
If everyone's so bothered about a better world
E B
Why not start a new one
F#m A
But there's no space trains to hop
E B7
and there's no space cars to hitch so let's get down to NASA
F#m
and steal a rocket ship
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