[Intro]
Dm Bb F C A
Dm Bb F C
 
[Verse]
    Dm           Bb                F        C
The scientist purported that there ain't no purpose
        Dm         Bb                F          C
And the theologian told me that it's all been designed
        Bb                      C
And I'm trying to maintain objectivity
    Dm             Bb           F          C
The world won't illuminate what really matters
    Dm        Bb           F           C
And I'm an imperfect moral meaning extractor
Bb                C
Processing the complexity
 
[Chorus]
            Dm
Born of the earth (are we blind?)
                   Bb
We weren't given a choice (there's no way)
                F
What about free will? (what we have)
             C
Do we have a voice? (is shattered faith)
                Dm
See them run in place (here and now)
                 Bb
In the human rat race (no reward)
             F
So much dead weight (no debate)
          C
to our disgrace (accept your fate)
A
Life begins when you accept your fate
 
Dm Bb F C (x2)
 
[Verse]
   Dm          Bb            F          C
Paralysis from forces raging out of control until
   Dm             Bb             F        C
My confidence and will are at an all-time low
Bb                 C
Just directionless wandering
  Dm            Bb             F      C
Eternal life, eternal truth, eternal secrets
Dm       Bb          F        C
Isolated hopes and hypotheses just
Bb                  C
Leave me feeling so hungry
 
[Chorus]
           Dm
Born of the earth (are we blind?)
                   Bb
We weren't given a choice (there's no way)
                F
What about free will? (what we have)
             C
Do we have a voice? (is shattered faith)
                Dm
See them run in place (here and now)
                 Bb
In the human rat race (no reward)
             F
So much dead weight (no debate)
          C
to our disgrace (accept your fate)
A
Life begins when you accept your fate
 
[Bridge]
 
[P.M.]
Dm Bb F C (x4)
(Second guitar just plays Dm without P.M.)
 
Dm
Right or wrong,
Bb           F     C           Dm     Bb            F   C
The main criterion is what you do and not what you say
    Dm        Bb        F           C         Dm       Bb       F   C
The roads you take, the friends you make and those you throw away
[/P.M.]
    Dm     Bb          F      C         Dm       Bb      F      C
The method is a simple synthesis of the past and present state
    Dm     Bb          F       C         Dm         Bb      F   C
You never lose if the path you choose is one you can easily
A
navigate
 
        Dm                   Bb
I had a dream, light and carefree
                F               C
But now there's doubt and gravity
 
[Chorus]
                   Dm
But I won't run in place (are we blind? )
                 Bb
in the human rat race (there's no way)
              F
I can set the pace (what we have)
              C
and accept my fate (is shattered faith)
          Dm
Shattered faith (here and now)
          Bb
Shattered faith (no reward)
            F
The part of me (no debate)
          C
I can't erase (accept your fate)
 
[Outro]
Dm Bb F C
 
[Ending]
Dm