thundering fighter jets rip the picturesque sky apart
another casualty in this senseless war of art
i heard a woman say that’s the roaring sound of freedom
and thought to myself her brain must be pretty numb
from feeding the insatiable war machines of the state
sick symbiotic relationship they use to dominate
one more two more how many more populations?
for the prosperity of our great fairy tale nation
oh say can you see?
patriotism ain’t the same thing as being free
pledging allegiance is a kontrol trick for human beings
yeah I know that’s hard to grasp especially when you are not seeing
the horrifying outcomes of the often spouted hollow phrases
like you can love it or you can leave it if you hate it
because here in the land of the free thanks to the brave
you’re free to disagree but you’re just desecrating heroes' graves
kind of like the graves of men and grave of women and graves of little kids
who lived a whole lot like you with regional differences
different languages creation myths and skin pigment
cultural superiority is only a figment
of a state sponsored second-hand imagination
natural curiosity entertained to sleep and calcified with education
oh say can you see?
patriotism ain’t the same thing as being free
so peek through cracks in hands and see the nightmare we endorse
because even if we’re unaware we’re still passively pissing on the corpse
of whoever wherever however The Party next decide
will make for a healthy bottom line Q4 genocide
is it easy to look away when it’s not your family on the business end
of the drone bomb chemical agents and generations of gene mutation
is it blissful to be naive to humanity tortured and torn?
or can you see the hypnotic free falling acrobatic aerial bomber porn
as just another jaw dropping tail spin tingling heir forced masturbation
glorifying war for one more generation?
oh say can you see?
patriotism ain’t the same god damn thing as being free
what will it take for you to see?
blind obedience binds us in chains of slavery
