The Violence Chords by Rise Against
[Intro]
A#m F# G#
[Verse 1]
A#m
Dancing on the crumbling precipice
F#
The rocks are coming loose just at the edge
C# A#m
Are we laughing? Are we crying?
G# F#
Are we drowning? Are we dead?
G# A#m
Or was it all a dream?
[Instrumental]
A#m F# G#
[Verse]
A#m
The bombs are getting closer everyday
F#
'That can never happen here' we used to say
C# A#m
Have these wars come to our doorstep?
G# F#
Has this moment finally come?
G# A#m
Or was it all a dream?
[Instrumental]
A#m F# G#
[Chorus]
G# F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m F# G#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
A#m F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m
To become something greater
F# G#
Than the violence in our nature?
F# G# A#m
Are we not good enough or was it all a dream?
[Verse 2]
A#m
To a pretty time and fate are we condemned
F#
Or maybe we're a book without an end
C# A#m
We're not stories, we're not actors
G# F#
We're awake and in control
G# A#m
And this is not a dream
[Pre-Chorus]
A#m F#
So can we break this mold
G# F#
And set in motion something new
A#m F#
Forgetting what we know
G#
An evolution overdue
F#
Fight the current
C#
Pull the ripcord
G#
Get away!
[Chorus]
G# F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m F# G#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
A#m F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m
To become something greater
F# G#
Than the violence in our nature?
F# G# A#m
Are we not good enough or was it all a dream?
[Bridge]
G# F#
We travel back
G# A#m
To what we take
A#m G#
We need a storm
F#
Let's pray for rain now
A#m F# G#
To wash these roads away
G# F# G# A#m
Let's get off track and wander far
A#m G# F#
Same roads reducing destinations
A#m F# G#
Do nothing but show our heart
F# A#m
We're talking in our sleep
G# F#
And sleeping through our lives
G# F# A#m
We dream of the places where we never die
F#
We step from our shadows
G# F# G#
And into the light
[Chorus]
G# F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m F# G#
Is the violence in our nature just the image of our maker?
A#m F# A#m F# G#
Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough?
F# A#m
To become something greater
F# G#
Than the violence in our nature?
F# G# A#m
Are we not good enough or was it all a dream?
