React

Intro: Am
Am                  G
My reaction, my response
                            Am
I'm a function in need of x
                         G
Ask me questions and I reply
                                F
I'm never first but I'm always next
                     Am
And we stare in our eyes
                          F
Never blinking and going dry
                      Am
Do you care more than I
                            F
Who will get the last word?
                           Am
And if we trace back the time
                               F
Who began with the first line?
                          E7
In any case it's not mine
                                Am
Because these days I can only react
Chorus:
Am           F                 C
I'll never speak without your lead
               G         Am
And I'm your shadow; I react
             F                 C
I'll be the gear between your teeth
             G              Am
When you're spinning, I react
              F               C
You are the neutron at lightspeed
            G          Am
Spring me open, I react
                    F            C
But can I find the zero point I need?
                 G                     Am
Can I change it all and then take it back?
It's so easy to shrink an inch
Or is this room growing even more?
And it's so easy to light a match
When you've been burned once or twice before
And when I swing blind in rage
I'm in search of the first page
And when I sing from the stage
Who will get the last word?
You're the one who creates
All to which I retaliate
But can I ever navigate
Another path than to react?
Chorus
      Am           F               C
I'll find where aggression hides away
          G                  Am
Where my own two hands hold sway
                    F             C
It's a bright and beautiful new day
        G           Am
I will act, I will act
                        F
Your reaction, your relapse
                           C
Out of love will grow collapse
                              G
Something somewhere finally snaps
                        Am
And I will act, I will act