Achilles Come Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C]
[Am][G][E]

[Verse 1]
A[Am]chilles, A[G]chilles,
A[Am]chilles, come [G]down
Won't you [Am]get up off,
[G]get up off the [Am]roof?[G]
You're [Am]scaring us and [G]all of us,
[Dm]some of us [G]love you
A[Am]chilles, it's [G]not much but there's [Am]proof[G]
You [Am]crazy-assed [G]cosmonaut,
re[Am]member your [G]virtue
Re[Am]demption lies [G]plainly in [Am]truth[G]
Just [Am]humor us, A[G]chilles, A[Am]chilles. come [G]down
Won't you [Am]get up off,
[G]get up off the [Am]roof?[G]

[Interlude 1]
[Am]Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent
Parce qu'ils es[C]timent que la vie ne vaut
pas la peine d'être vécue
[Am]J'en vois d'autres, qui [G]se font
paradoxale[E]ment
[Am]pour des idées
Pour des illusi[C]ons,
qui leurs donnent une raison de vivre
[Am]Ce, qu'on appelle une raison de vivre
est en même temps [G]une
excellente [E]raison de mourir

[Verse 2]
A[Am]chilles, A[G]chilles, A[Am]chilles, come [G]down
Won't you [Am]get up off,
[G]get up off the [Am]roof?[G]
The [Am]self is not so [G]weightless,
nor [Dm]whole and un[G]broken
Re[Am]member the [G]pact of our [Am]youth[G]
Where [Am]you go, I'm [G]going,
so [Am]jump and I'm [G]jumping
Since [Am]there is no [G]me without [Am]you[G]
[Am]Soldier on, A[G]chilles, A[Am]chilles, come [G]down
Won't you [Am]get up off,
[G]get up off the [Am]roof?[G]

[Pre-chorus 1]
[Am]Loathe the [C]way they light [Am]candles in [G]Rome
But [Am]love the sweet [G]air of the [F]votives[G]
[Am]Hurt and [G]grieve but don't [Am]suffer a[G]lone
En[Am]gage with the [G]pain as a [F]motive
To[Fm]day, of [C]all days, [F]see

[Chorus 1]
[E]How the most [F]dangerous [G]thing is [C]to love
[E]How you will [F]heal and you'll [G]rise a[C]bove

[Interlude 2]
[Am]D'un gérant d'immeuble qui s'était
[C]tué on disait un jour
Qu'il avait perdu [Am]sa fille depuis cinq ans
Qu'il avait beaucoup [G]changé depuis
[E]et que cette histoire l'avait

[Verse 3]
A[Am]chilles, A[G]chilles, A[Am]chilles, jump [G]now
You are [Am]absent of [G]cause or ex[Am]cuse[G]
[Am]So self-indu[G]lgent and se[Dm]lf-referen[G]tial
No [Am]audience could [G]ever want [Am]you[G]
You [Am]crave the ap[G]plause
yet [Am]hate the at[G]tention
Then [Am]miss it, your [G]act is a [Am]ruse[G]
It is [Am]empty, A[G]chilles, so [F]end it all [G]now
It's a [Am]pointless re[G]sistance for [Am]you[G]

[Interlude 3]
[Am]Ce qui déclenche la crise
est presque toujours [C]incontrôlable
Les journaux [Am]parlent souvent
de chagrins intimes ou de [G]maladie incu[E]rable
Ces [Am]explications sont valables
Mais il faud[C]rait savoir si le jour même un ami
Du [Am]désespéré ne lui a pas
parlé sur un ton in[G]différent
Celui- [E]là est le

[Verse 4]
A[Am]chilles, A[G]chilles, just
[Am]put down the b[G]ottle
Don't [Am]listen to [G]what
you've con[Am]sumed[G]
It's [Am]chaos, con[G]fusion
and [Dm]wholly un[G]worthy
Of [Am]feeding and it's [G]wholly un[Am]true[G]
You [Am]may feel no [G]purpose
nor a [Am]point for ex[G]isting
It's [Am]all just conj[G]ecture and g[Am]loom[G]
And there [Am]may not be m[G]eaning,
so [F]find one and [G]seize it
Do [Am]not waste yours[G]elf on this [Am]roof[G]

[Pre-chorus 2]
[Am]Hear those [C]bells ring [Am]deep in the [G]soul
[Am]Chiming a[G]way for a [F]moment[G]
[Am]Feel your [G]breath course [Am]frankly be[G]low
And [Am]see life as a [G]worthy oppon[F]ent
To[Fm]day, of [C]all days, [F]see

[Chorus 2]
[E]How the most [F]dangerous [G]thing is [C]to love
[E]How you will [F]heal and you'll [G]rise a[C]bove
[E]Crowned by an [F]overture [G]bold and bey[C]ond
[E]Ah, it's more cou[F]rageous [G]to over[C]come
Les souvenirs d'une patrie perdue,
l'espoir d'une terre promise
Ce divorce entre l'homme de sa vie

[Bridge 1]
You [C]want the acclaim, the mother of mothers
More poignant than fame
or the taste of another
But be [C]real and just jump,
you dense motherfucker
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter
You [C]want my opinion, my opinion you've got
You asked for my counsel,
I gave you my thoughts
Be [C]done with this now and jump off the roof
Can you hear me, Achilles?
I'm talking to [C]you
I'm talking to you
I'm talk[F]ing to you
I'm [E]talking to you
Achilles, come [F]down
Achilles, come [Dm]down
[F][F][C][C]
[F][F][C][C]

[Interlude 4]
[Am]Celle du oui et celle du non
Ce serait [C]trop beau
Mais il faut faire la [Am]part de ceux qui,
sans conclure, [G]interrogent toujours
[E]Ici, j'ironi[Am]se à peine, il s'agit de la majo[C]rité
Je vois également que
ceux [Am]qui répondent non
agissent comme s'ils [G]pensaient [E]oui

[Pre-chorus 3]
De fait
[Am]Throw your[C]self in[Am]to the unkn[G]own
With [Am]pace and a [G]fury de[F]fiant[G]
[Am]Clothe your[G]self in [Am]beauty un[G]told
And [Am]see life as a [G]means to a t[F]riumph
To[Fm]day, of [C]all days, [F]see

[Chorus 3]
[E]How the most [F]dangerous [G]thing is to [C]love
[E]How you will [F]heal and you'll [G]rise a[C]bove
[E]Crowned by an [F]overture [G]bold and be[C]yond
[E]Ah, it's more cou[F]rageous [G]to over[C]come