I heard they found you in bedrock
Your head still intact
Recoiling back
Couldn’t believe it
So I flew to Georgia
With my mind in ruins
To dig in between the cracks
They carved you from marble
So we can tell stories
Scapegoats and [Bm]martyrs get all [Em]of the glory
They might soon [C7]forget you
Remembrance is fleeting
When you’re just a statue
What’s keeping you [A7alive?
Even your silhouette
A faultless cast
Captures the feeling
Of an imminent past
Even the sun sets
One day the last
Went searching for [Dm7]meaning
And faded to [C7]black
Ashes to [C7]ashes
Lets bury the hatchet
If this all [Em]come crashing
I won’t be [Am]dead in the tɾenches
Footsteps in sand [Bm]pits
Gallows that practice discernment
I beg you, Colossus
Don’t show me the way to [C7]be [Am]worshipped
I don’t deserve the ɾeverence
I missed the unveiling
I guess I can make believe
I’m not disappointed
Things aren’t what they seemed
They want to [C7]display you
Inside the Smithsonian
Your friends all [Em]beneath you
Fade into [C7]oblivion
Even your silhouette
A faultless cast
Captures the feeling
Of an imminent past
Even the sun sets
One day the last
Went searching for [Dm7]meaning
And faded to [C7]black
Ashes to [C7]ashes
Let's bury the hatchet
If this all [Em]come crashing
I won’t be [Am]dead in the tɾenches
Footsteps in sand [Bm]pits
Gallows that practice discernment
I beg you, Colossus
Don’t show me the way to [C7]be [Am]worshipped
I don’t deserve the ɾeverence