The Sleep Of Reason

D B A 2x D D One by one The stars grow dim F# And fall out of the sky E And we gather round our shiny screens To say the last goodbye D D In communion with a bunch of folks D F# That we don't know or see E In the hope that we might feel something In place of empathy D And so it goes E A Sure gonna miss them G G/F# E F# B Is it wrong to cling to the past when life comes at you so fast? G G/F# E A And the sleep of reason produces monsters G G/F# E D B A And the sleep of reason produces monsters D D Lies ride in style on a big red bus F# While you walk into town E And surrogates keep their cap locks on D To shout each other down D D And the levies that protected truth F# Can no longer hold the flood E And expertise and experience Get trampled in the mud D And so it goes E A Guess they had it coming G G/F# E Now there's nothing that you can do F# B To convince them that it's true G G/F# E A And the sleep of reason produces monsters G G/F# E D B A And the sleep of reason produces monsters D D It's over now, you've lost, my friend F# "Move on, just let it go" E Says a man who flies a confederate flag On his profile just for show D D And when he hears someone point out that things F# Are much too male and white E Well, he eases of the safety catch On his second amendment rights D And so it goes E A And the kids are alt-right G G/F# E Giving license to all this hate F# B Is gonna make our country great G G/F# E A And the sleep of reason produces monsters G G/F# E D B A And the sleep of reason produces monsters D D In this constant state of what the heck F# Just happened, you feel woke E But through it all you treat it like It's just some kind of joke D D F# And in the end, the greatest threat faced by democracy E Isn't fascism or fanaticism But our own complacency D And so it goes E A Best pay attention G G/F# E For there's simply no guarantee F# B Of a happy ending to history G G/F# E A And the sleep of reason produces monsters G G/F# E D B A And the sleep of reason produces monsters