This Armistice The Receiving End Of Sirens note: everything in the round brackets is what sounds better with the acoustic version.. the rest sounds better (to me, at least) with the full band. Standard tuning!! G.... C.... Em(Am) Your gross fabrication of pretense could bore, Bm(G) Yet still I fall victim to syntax omitted, Just shy of something I could understand Em(Am) So blissful, I press on to the sound of the organs C(G) Playing their most convincing tunes As they serenade to the parade of paid-off parts Am And now the only thing left to discuss is Em The details of this armistice G Em We've come to this agreement... Am Check my vitals; the truth is vile, but vital to this cause C I've been held hostage; A captive of this passive shell G/B Give me gravity, give me clarity, C Give me something to rely on Am We're all puppets {Tell me who's pulling the strings} We're all marionettes C/G We're all puppets {Tell me who's that you move for} We're all marionettes Em(Am) These body parts are parts of plans, Passed by my hands Bm(G) My hands shake through handshakes, Forsaken by my limbs Em(Am) My limbs sing the hymns; The hymns of a tyrant in a crumbling pantheon C(G) As inhabitants will raise their fists and bid him to disarm Am Check my vitals; the truth is vile, but vital to this cause C I've been held hostage; A captive of this passive shell G Give me gravity, give me clarity, C Give me something to rely on Em (Am) We're all puppets {Tell me who's pulling the strings} We're all marionettes C/G We're all puppets {Tell me who's that you move for} We're all marionettes [x2] G.... C.... Am C And now the only thing left to discuss is The details of this armistice G C We've come to this agreement... G Oh, how I've been teething {Tell me who's pulling the strings} Em In light of your misleading You've caused this collapse {Tell me who's that you move for} D Between the heart and the synapse [x4] G...Am. Em...G. D.Am.Bm.. (C Am D) (So blissful, I press on) [Previous stanza continues in the background] We're all puppets We're all marionettes We're all puppets We're all marionettes [x2] [Whispered] ...The strings and joints will join us together... The strings and joints will join us The strings and joints will join us together...