A F A F G D A [Verse 1] A F G A Cowering like settlers on someone else's land A F Mistaking advances of the natives G D A Who have come to lend a hand F G A It's a sad and pathetic badge of shame, my friends F C G A Terror always seems to win F G A In the drama of human motivation F E Where is restraint and reason? [Chorus] A F A F Threat is urgent, existential G A With patience wearing thin A F A F But the danger's elemental G A It's chaos from within [Verse 2] A F The fox-stained leaves of civilization G A Depict a stark repeat A F It's always a flaw in reasoning G D A That fates the citizenry F G A When the ancestor fell from the arbor F C G A The march of fear began F G A But the predator wallowed in failure F E In the face of consciousness [Chorus] A F A F Threat is urgent, existential G A Time to scan the horizon A F A F But the danger's elemental G A It's chaos from within [Guitar solo] A F G D A A F G E [Chorus] A F A F Threat is urgent, existential G A Omnipresent like a skin A F A F But the danger's purely mental G F G It's chaos from within A F A F G D A Chaos from within