C#m
I see red
             C#m
And it hurts my head
F#
Guess it must be something
       E
That I read


[Interlude 1]
D#5  A#5  C#5  D#5


[Chorus 1]
                       D#5
It's the color of your heartbeat
                A#5
A rising summer sun
                   G#5
The battle lost or won
    D#5
The flash to fashion
    D#5
The pulse to passion


[Verse 2]
      C#m
Feels red
       C#m
Inside my head
    F#             C#m
And truth is often better
     F#      E
Left unsaid


[Verse 3]
          C#m
Said red, red
                       C#m
Thinking about the overhead

The underfed
F#                               C#m    F#      E
Couldn't we talk about something else instead?


[Interlude 2]
D#5  A#5  C#5  D#5


[Chorus 2]
                         D#5
We've got Mars on the horizon
                           A#5
Says the National Midnight Star

(It's true)
                             G#5
What you believe is what you are
  D#5
A pair of dancing shoes
    D#5
The Soviets are the blues


[Verse 4]
    C#m
The reds
           C#m
Under your bed
F#
Lying in the darkness
F#         E
Dead ahead


[Instrumental]
| F#   | F#   | A#m  | A#m  |
| C#   | C#   | D#m  | D#m  |
| F#   | F#   | A#m  | A#m  |
| C#   | C#   | D#m  | D#m  |


[Chorus 3]
N.C.
And the mercury is rising
N.C.
Barometer starts to fall
                       G#
You know it gets to us all
    F#
The pain that is learning
        F#
And the rain that is burning


[Verse 5]
     C#m
Feel red
         C#m
Still... go ahead
F#
You see black and white
          F#
And I see red
E
Red


[Outro]
        C#m
(Not blue)
                           C#m
I'm thinking about the overfed
          F#       E
The under-read

C#m    C#m    F#    E
C#m    C#m    F#