The Sign of the Times Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

The Sign of The Times

The Sign of the Times

© Christian Carnucci 2020

Key of C

Verse 1

C                                            G

They stand among the few,

Am                                      G

citing sins that others do.

C                                                           G

Then they raise their hands in guise,

                             Am                             F

knowing how easily we buy the lies.

Prechorus 1

                                         C                                        G

And we don't even fight for the truth anymore,

                                                Am                                  G

cause the notions they feed us carry such allure.

                                C                                                G

And its easy to swallow the hatred they spew,

                                           Am                                                        F

when the bitterness feeds us much more than it consumes, and

Chorus

                       C

It's easy to hide,

                                    G

in the shadow of sides,

                              Am                                        F

cloaked in the promise of safety it provides.

           C

We are caught in the wiles,

                         G

of beguiling lies,

                                     C                G

its the sign of the times.

Verse 2

When an abject fallacy,

can becomes reality,

then the ones that we despise,

become so much easier to  mock and demonize.

Prechorus 2

And we don't have question the hurt we intend,

cause the winning is all that matters in the end,

and the means we employ can be rationalized,

when the need can be easily sanctioned in our eyes, and

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Musical Break

Bridge

F                                        C                                             Am                                     G

We need to learn to see their deceptions as weapons they use to inflame.

F                                            C                                          Am                                      G                

Or come to terms with being a pawn in their childish divisive campaign, 

       F

It's insane, but,

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