Statues

C C There’s a statue of a man somewhere F No one knows quite why he’s there Am With graffiti in his sculpted hair G But I think that he’s too dead to care F G Am C Who decides who’s a statue F G Am C F Immortalize one side of the truth G Am C In the most beautiful faces F G Am C That hide what they’re erasing F G Am C Who’s a statue? F G Am C Who’s a statue? C The artist builds her masterpiece F This man, she builds the way she sees him Am But art bends just like history G Stained by subjectivity F G Am C Who decides who’s a statue F G Am C F Immortalize one side of the truth G Am C In the most beautiful faces F G Am C That hide what they’re erasing F G Am C Who’s a statue? F G Am C Who’s a statue? F G Am C Who’s a statue? F G Am C G F Fm G F Fm G F Fm Building up and tearing down G F Fm Ashes, ashes all around G F Fm Building up and tearing down G F Fm Ashes, ashes all around G F Fm Building up and tearing down G F Fm Ashes, ashes all around G F Fm Building up and tearing down G F Fm Ashes, ashes all around F G Am C Who decides who’s a statue F G Am C F Immortalize one side of the truth G Am C In the most beautiful faces F G Am C That hide what they’re erasing F G Am C (Who decides) Who’s a statue? F G Am C (Who decides) Who’s a statue? F G Am C (Who decides) Who’s a statue?