Emerald Wasp

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Down on Sunset they hand out the verdict

A slogan stitched to a rented billboard

My brother swears the pamphlet is gospel

He signs his name on a line he never read

The emerald wasp in the marigold garden

Drags a docile roach to the dark

Pre-Chorus

Little queen of the quiet persuasion

Little sting that the patient never feel

Little queen of the quiet persuasion

Little truth that they seal

Chorus

Whatever it takes formation

Whatever it takes to hold the line

Whatever it takes formation

Tell me a story and I'll call it mine

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Verse 2

Sister tapes the news to her window

Every headline a warm injection

The pulpit hums and the ballots rattle

Nobody asks who is paying the piper

I nod along like a well-trained animal

I nod along till the room goes still

Pre-Chorus

Little queen of the quiet persuasion

Little sting that the patient never feel

Little queen of the quiet persuasion

Little truth that they seal

Chorus

Whatever it takes formation

Whatever it takes to hold the line

Whatever it takes formation

Tell me a story and I'll call it mine

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Bridge

I want to know

I want to know

I want to know who feeds me

I want to know

I want to know

I want to know who leads me

Slow

Slow

Let the saxophone confess it

Guitar Solo

Breakdown

Fall in

Fall in

Fall in line

Fall in

Fall in

Fall in line

Chorus

Whatever it takes formation

Whatever it takes to hold the line

Whatever it takes formation

Tell me a story and I'll call it mine

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Na-na-na

Chorus

Whatever it takes formation

Whatever it takes to hold the line

Whatever it takes formation

Tell me a story and I'll call it mine

Oh-oh

Oh-oh