An Ancient Curse In The Modern Tradition
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E
A
[Verse 1]
E A
Iphigenia is dying for Troy
E A
Hand over mouth, wishing she was a boy
E
And she'd curse you
A E
If she could curse you
A
[Verse 2]
E A
Heliocentrists write heretical texts
E A
Locking them up is what you think is best
E
But they'd curse you
A E
If they could curse you
A
[Chorus 1]
E A
Screw you
E A
You with your biased view
E A
What do
E
I have to say to you
A
To break through
E
What's untrue
A
Untrue
E
A
E
A
[Verse 3]
E A
Paradigm cracking of codes during war
E A
Didn't save Turing from violence as cure
E
And I'll curse you
A
For him, I curse you
A
[Verse 4]
E A
Writing the workflow that lands me in Hell
E A
Forbidding the questions that could crush your cartel
E
And I curse you
A
E
A
A
[Chorus 2]
E A
Reject
A E A
That which is valueless
E
What do
A E
I have to say to you
A
Say to you
E
To break through
A
To break through
E
What's untrue
A
A clearer mind
E
History finds
A E
You're the killing kind
E
Ba da daa, da da daa
A
Da da da ba da ba da ba da ba
Daa da ba da ba
E
Da da daa da
A
Da da da da daa da
E A
Da ba da, da ba da, da ba da, da ba da
E
Da ba da ba ba ba baa
A
Da ba ba baa ba ba da
E
Ba da ba da ba ba ba da
A
Daa da da ba da ba da ba
E
Daa da da ba da ba da ba
A
Daa da da ba da ba da ba
E
Daa da da ba da ba da ba
A
Baa da da da da
E
Daa ba da ba da da
A
Da ba da ba da ba
E
Daaa da
[Outro]
A Em E
Screw you
A F#m E
Screw you
A E
Ooooooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
A E
Screw you
A E
Screw you
E
Da ba daa, da ba daa
E A
Da ba da ba da ba da ba da ba
A
Daa da ba da ba
E
Da
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