Shouts Lyrics & Chords By Lee Ranaldo

Everybody's shouting / there’s shots out on the streets
I can’t hear the words they’re saying / could these be the sacred stories?
A caustic wind inside the walls
Harsh words rain down upon us all

Gathering a nation. I smell gasoline
The misfits and creations of endless magazines
False clues to what’s behind the door
Can you still see me at all?

It was complete chaos. Rioters set two cars on fire and then I saw
looters break the window. I don’t know why. We weren’t being
aggressive towards them, nothing like that. But they eventually...
they eventually passed over us and that’s when we were on the
ground. I was just tryin' to calm her down: it was pretty scary for her,
and it... it just seemed like the right thing to do.

...Hysterical
They over-reacted...

Aftermath:
Not the type of excitement they were expecting.
It happened so fast.
I never expected it to turn into that situation, so quickly.
Six months ago...
Three weeks ago
To move...
To turn...
Not the type of excitement they were expecting...

I’ll embrace you on the ground / while cameras shoot the sounds
This whole world’s upside down, I still can hear the shouts
I’ll kiss you once and then we’ll crawl
Will you catch me if I fall?
Back to you
(Like you know I always do)