Can You Afford To Be An Individual chords by Nothing But Thieves

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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I couldn't be anything that I didn't wanna be
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It's stubborn as hell or a problem with authority
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'Cause it won't mirror your image of masculinity
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Oh did I disappoint ya?
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Sorry to disappoint ya

Bridge:
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What will you do when the vultures come for you?
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Will you run and hide?


Verse 2:
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And now we're breeding a feeling of animosity
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Our thoughts are tribal, go viral and now it's deafening
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Oh how we're loving the comfort of pack mentality
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The internet has teeth and
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It eats and eats and eats ya


Pre-Chorus:
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  So are you scared of your introspection?
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Why could that be?
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Oh, maybe you object to what you find there
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  And as you stare into your own reflection
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What do you see?
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Your black hole for a soul


Interlude:
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Chorus:
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And as your stare into your reflection what do you see?
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Your black hole for a soul


Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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So how's it being a prisoner of your own illusion?
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Up on a pedestal reveling in your own confusion
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I see you hide behind your alter or your constitution
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But you can't live forever
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In your own echo chamber


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And you're so scared of the people up in your fairyland
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But how can you hate something you don't even understand?
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Oh, you're a walking contradiction in a MAGA hat
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It's where I wanna be
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God bless the land of the free


Verse 5:
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So who are you to tell us where we do and don't belong?
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And who are you to tell us who to love and who to not?
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Because your mother told ya you would win when you were young
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Oh it's a boys wonderland,
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We know it now


Verse 6:
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But now the liberals aren't liberal, they're just as venomous
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And you can't have an opinion unless you're one of us
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No second chances, you're branded, your kind are dangerous
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We're bringing each other down
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We're tearing each other down


Verse 7:
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So have I gotta kill myself to be original?
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And if I fucking hate you all am I a criminal?
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Can you afford to be an individual?
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Can you afford to be an individual?


Outro:
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