Written by Kevin Barnes
Intro: verse 1: C#m Winter isn't much here Am6 E Just a flinching centigrade B7 Though the grasses all look jaundiced and the A7 E Poplar branches flayed B A E Ooh-o-oh, the poplar branches flayed C#m Before your hysterical silence, Am6 E You came rapping at my door B7 With your body as a sacrament A7 E Your mind a killing floor B A E Ooh-o-oh, your mind a killing flaw Refrain 1: G#m6 G#aug7 I've been trying to quell my anger C# F# And not feel bitter about all the darkness you gave A Bb/A A But as always there's that device that I cannot disengage Bb/A / Aadd6 / Oooh Bb/A / Aadd6 / Oooh verse 2: C#m Am6 E Just as a Red Terror, you tried to kill what you couldnā??t rein B7 A7 E And now you're back in Knoxville masturbating your father's pain B A E Ooh-o-oh, masturbating your father's pain Refrain 2: G#m6 G#aug7 Stealing from his oration of filth , C# F# I repeat the wickedness to force reactions out of you A Bb/A A But it never hurts as deeply as I want it to Bb/A / Aadd6 / mmm Bb/A / Aadd6 / ooh Bb/A / Aadd6 / oooh Bb/A / Aadd6 / verse 3: C#m Am6 E I think I'll mix my medicine and explore it 'til I'm dull B7 A E You made my sky a graveyard and my moon a funeral B A E Ooh-o-oh, my moon a funeral Bridge: F#m B F#m7 F#madd2 Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh F#m B/F# A A Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh Oh-o-oh Chorus: C# F# E F# C# G# Now it's just a system of subtraction, oh yeah E B G B D C# I won't even turn around to notice your reaction C# F# E F# C# G# Now it's just a system of subtraction, oh yeah E B G B D I won't even feel the hateful vibing of your faction C# F# E Now it's just a system of subtraction C# G# G# C# G# G# Whatever happened to your star now? F# G# F# F# G# F# F# G# C# No one cares who you are now, oh, oh, oh, F# B G# C# Oh-oh, oh-oh Bridge 2: B E You were once beloved, by my people E/C B Now it's bad luck to even say your name G# C# F# B G C# Oho, oho, oho B E When I see you it feels so awkward E/C B I try to be cool but it's such a drag G# C# F# B G C# Oho, oho, oho Spoken Interlude: Fm I waited for you on our feral streets E Smelling other people's piss Bridge 3: D# G# A# How could you think you see me backwards, babe E A B You ain't even seen the blikk fang, babe D# G# C# It's not acrimonious Final Chorus: C# F# E F# C# G# 'Cause now it's only systems of subtraction, oh yeah E B G B D I won't even turn around to look at your reaction C# F# E Now it's just a system of subtraction Outro: C# G# G# C# G# G# Whatever happened to your star now? F# G# F# F# G# F# F# No one cares who you are now C# G# G# C# G# G# You used to share my broken throne F# G# F# F# G# F# / C#(barre at 9th fret on the E) Now you sing flat alone now, oh, oh, oh, oh.