Achilles Come Down

[Primeira Parte]
 Am G C Am
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
 Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
 Am G C G
You’re scaring us and all of us, some of us love you
 Am G C
Achilles, it’s not much but there’s proof
 Am G C Am
You crazy-assed cosmonaut, remember your virtue
 Am G C
Redemption lies plainly in truth
 Am G C D
Just humour us, Achilles, Achilles, come down
 Am G Am
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
Am   G   C

[French language sample]
[Segunda Parte]
 Am G C Am
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
 Am G C
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?
 Am G C G
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
 Am G Am
Remember the pact of our youth
 Am G C D
Where you go, I’m going, so jump and I’m jumping
 Am G Am
Since there is no me without you
 Am G C Am
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down
 Am G C
Won’t you get up off, get up off the roof?

[Pré-Refrão]
 Am C A Dm
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
 A G Am
But love the sweet air of the votives
 Am C A Dm
Hurt and grieve but don’t suffer alone
 A G Am
Engage with the pain as a motive

[Refrão]
[Refrão]
 Dm C G
Today of all days, see
 Em C G C
How the most dangerous thing is to love
 Em C G C
How you will heal and you’ll rise above

[Próxima Parte]
Am   G   C   Dm

[French language sample]
[Terceira Parte]
 Am G C Am
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now
 Am G C
You are absent of cause or excuse
 Am G C Am
So self-indulgent and self-referential
 Am G Am
No audience could ever want you
 Am G C G
You crave the applause yet hate the attention
 Am G C
Then miss it, your act is a ruse
 Am C C Am
It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now
Am G Am
It's a pointless resistance for you
Am   G   C   Dm

[French language sample]
[Quarta Parte]
 Am G C Am
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle
 Am G C
Don’t listen to what you’ve consumed
 Am G C Am
It’s chaos, confusion and wholly unworthy
 Am G C
Of feeding and it’s wholly untrue
 Am G C Dm
You may feel no purpose nor a point for existing
 Am G C
It’s all just conjecture and gloom
 Am G C Dm
And there may not be meaning, so find one and seize it
 Am G C
Do not waste yourself on this roof

[Pré=Refrão]
 Am C A Dm
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul
 A G Am
Chiming away for a moment
 Am C A Dm
Feel your breath course frankly below
 A G Am
And see life as a worthy opponent

[Chorus]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
 Em C G C
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
 Am G C
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome
Am   G   C   Dm

[French language sample]
[Quinta Parte]
 C Am
You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers
 Am Dm
(It’s not worth it, Achilles)
More poignant than fame or the taste of another
 Am C
(Don’t listen, Achilles)
But be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker
 Am C
(You’re worth more, Achilles)
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter
 Am G C
(So much more than a rat)
You want my opinion, my opinion you’ve got
 Am G G
(No one asked your opinion)
You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts
 Am Dm
(No one asked for your thoughts)
 G G Dm
Be done with this now and jump off the roof
(Be done with this now and get off the roof)
 Am C Em G
Can you hear me, Achilles? I’m talking to you

[Ponte]
 Dm C
I’m talking to you
 C G
I’m talking to you
 C G
I’m talking to you
 Am G
Achilles, come down
 C G Dm
Achilles, come down
Am   G   C   Dm   C

[French language sample]
[Pré=Refrão]
 Am G G Am
Throw yourself into the unknown
 Am G C
With pace and a fury defiant
 Am G C Am
Clothe yourself in beauty untold
 Am G C
And see life as a means to a triumph

[Refrão]
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
 Em C G C
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
 Am G C
Ah, it’s more courageous to overcome