Vicarious Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G]
[C][Am]

[Verse 1]
Eye on the TV
'Cause tragedy [G]thrills [Am]me
Whatever flavor it happens
to be like
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son
She used a poison
[G]In [Am]his tea
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kind of story
[G]It's [Am]no fun until someone
[Dm][Am][C][Am]
dies
Don't look at me like

[Verse 2]
I am a monster
[G]Fro[Am]wn out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother
[G]Hol[Am]ds her child
[C]Wat[Am]ches him die
Hands to the sky crying
[G]"Wh[Am]y, oh why?"
[C]'Cause I need to wat[G]ch things die[Am]

[Verse 3]
[Dm]From a dis[Am]tance
[G]Vic[Am]ariou[C]sly I live[Dm][G][Am]
[Dm]While the [Am]whole world[G] dies
[Dm]You all [C]need it too,[D] don't[G]
[Am][G][Am][G]
[Dm]lie[Am]
Why can't we [G]just [Am]admit it?

[Verse 4]
Why can't we just admit it?
We won't give pause until
the [Dm]blood [C]is [Am]flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
Were writers of the stories told
We won't give pause until
[G]the[Am] blood is flowing
[C]I need

[Verse 5]
to [D]watch [G]things die[Am]
[Dm]From a goo[Am]d safe[G] distance
[Am]Vica[C]riously I li[Dm]ve wh[G]ile[Am][Dm]
[Am]the whole [G]world dies
[Am]You all [C]feel the same,[G] so
[Am]Why can't we just admit it?

[Verse 6]
[Bb][Am][Bb][Am]
[G]Blo[Am]od like rain
[Bb]come[Am][Bb][Am]
down
Drum on grave and ground

[Verse 7]
Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmittal
Sing to [G]the death [Am]rattle

[Verse 8]
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie
La, la, la, la, la, [G]la, la,
[Am]la-l[G]a-lie[Am]
[G]La,[Am] la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-la-lie
[G]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Cred[G]ulous at b[Am]est
Your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
Pull [G]your [Am]head out
of your hippie haze
And give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
[G]The[Am] universe is hostile,
so impersonal
Devour [F]to [Am]survive, so it is
So it's [G]always [Am]been
We all feed on tragedy

[Verse 10]
It's like blood to a vampire
[G]Vic[Am]ariou[C]sly I[G][Am]
[C]Live while the who[G]le wor[Am]ld dies
[C]Much better you[G] tha[Am]n