Bad Religion
The Quickening
The Empire Strikes First (2004)

CCC   CCC BBB

E5  G5  A5  C5 B5  x 2

    C
The quickening
       G
Is an ephemeral thing
          B
That only happens in the dark
              C
Like catching lightning in a jar

        Em
And the pain that it brings
            D
Is just the promise of spring
     C
It's madness on the way
    D                                       \\\
Oh, what does it mean

           E5             G5
  To come alive, to come alive
           A5    C5     B5
  To come alive     (to come alive)
  To come alive, to come alive
  To come alive

The entering
Is soulful conjecturing
Oh, lost and by the wind-grieved coast
Please come back to me again

Because the way that she bleeds
He'll sit alone when he reads
Confusing words and deeds
So what does it mean

  Refrain

              C
To pierce the fame
                     Em
Of the sacred and profane
    Am          Bm             C
For science, in service of the faith
             dd           add       adddaddd♯d♯
But who will bear the mark of Cain?

E5  G5  A5  C5 B5  x 2  w/ solo

  Refrain  x 2

fin: CCCCC  BBBBB