federal prism (virgin bleach)
thundering fighter jets rip the picturesque sky apart
another casualty in the senseless war of art
I hear a woman say that's the roaring sound of freedom
and I think to myself that her brain must be pretty numb
from feeding the insatiable war machines of the state
sick symbiotic relationship used to dominate
one more, two more, how many more populations
for the prosperity of your great fairy tale nation
oh say, can you see?
patriotism ain't the same thing as being free
pledging allegiance is a control trick for human beings
yeah I know that's hard to grasp especially when you're 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 women and little kids
they lived a whole lot like you, with regional differences
different languages creation myths and skin pigment
our cultural superiority is only a figment
of our state sponsored second hand imagination
natural curiosity entertained to sleep and calcified by education
oh say, can you see?
patriotism ain't the same thing as being free
peek through cracks in hands and see the nightmares we endorse
because even if we're unaware, we're still passively pissing on the corpse
of whoever, wherever, however, the party next decides
would make for a healthy bottom line q4 genocide
it's easy to look away when it's not your family on the business end
of the drone bomb, chemical agents, and decades of gene mutation
is it blissful to be naive to humanity tortured and torn?
can we see the hypnotic, free falling acrobatic, aerial bomber porn
as 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 will bind us in chains of slavery