Band:R.E.M. Song:Final Straw Album:Around The Sun Intro Dm Dm C Dm As I raise my head to broadcast my objection C Dm As your latest triumph draws the final straw C Dm Who died and lifted you up to perfection? C Dm And what silenced me is written into law. C Dm I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me C Dm And I turn my head away C Dm If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. Am C Dm Not again. not today. not today. Dm C Dm If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow C Dm And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge C Dm There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected. C Dm There's a voice in me that says you will not win. C Dm And if I ignore the voice inside, C Dm Raise a half glass to my home. C Dm But it's there that I am most afraid, Am C Dm And forgetting doesn't hold. it doesn't hold. F Now I don't believe and I never did Dm That two wrongs make a right. F If the world were filled with the likes of you Dm F Then I'm putting up a fight. I'm putting up a fight. Dm Am C Dm Putting up a fight. make it right. make it right. Dm C Dm Now love cannot be called into question. C Dm Forgiveness is the only hope I hold. C Dm And love- love will be my strongest weapon. C Dm I do believe that I am not alone. C Dm For this fear will not destroy me. C Dm And the tears that have been shed C Dm It's knowing now where I am weakest Am C Dm And the voice in my head. in my head. C Dm Then I raise my voice up higher C Dm And I look you in the eye C Dm And I offer love with one condition. Am C With conviction, tell me why. Dm Tell me why. Am Tell me why. C Look me in the eye. Dm Tell me why.