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So I've seen a lot of speculation online about what exactly the noise is in the background of this track. 
Some people say it's this thing called a bullroarer. Others say it's a toy lightsaber. I think it's John 
swinging a long, thin piece of flexible, plastic pipe above his head at varying speeds, but I don't know 
for sure. I do know that, whatever it is, it sounds like it's in A. So, if you want to replicate the sound
on guitar, try strumming the A chord at a different speeds to match the pitch changes.

Tabbed by Peat

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how have we come to be mere mirrors to annihilation?
A
whom do we aspire to reflect our people's death?
A
for whose entertainment shall we sing our agony?
A
one hopes that the destroyers aspiring to extinguish us
A
will suffer conciliatory remorse at the sight of their own fantastic success
A
the last imbecile that dreams such dreams is dead
A
killed by the saviors of his dreams

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how have we come to be mere mirrors to annihilation?