Freedom Itself

E A E B E E A E A E B E E A E Well, I don't know what the wise men have said B E I'm forced to go off all the bullshit I've read A E 'Bout men and their guns and the kids in the yard A E B E The country I live in and the people in charge E A E B E E A E My phone gives me cancer. It gives me away B E to PRISM and FISA and the NSA A E But it's in your best interest - yeah, it's all for your health A E B E They've paid for our freedom with freedom itself E A E B E E A E And they'll swear up and down that they're protecting you B E And it's only a minor distortion of truth A B But I can't help but feel like the way that I felt A E B E We can't afford to buy freedom with freedom itself E A E B E C#m E B Lord, how it fucking freaks me out C#m B E The things that no one seems to care about A And all things we need to do E B The muscles that we have to move E A B E Are not the fucking muscles in our mouths E A E B E E A E A E B E E A E Well, it keeps getting harder to tell human beings B E Apart from each other and apart from machines A E We're working so hard to make living a hell A E B E Paying for freedom with freedom itself E A E B E E A E I feel robbed of my purpose - robbed of my power B E And all I can do is complain a bit louder A E I won't buy in to the words that they sell - A E B E No I'll never buy freedom with freedom itself A E B E Said I won't pay for freedom with freedom itself A E B E No I won't pay for freedom with freedom itslef