RAISE A FIST TO THE FLAG
HIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD
AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE MAN
WHO HASN’T HEARD A WORD YOU’VE SAID…
THESE STRIPES THAT FLY
WILL NEVER JUSTIFY…
THE ACTIONS THAT WE TAKE
ON A MILLION FOREIGN LIVES…
DOES THE FLAG WAVE TRUE?
JUST TELL ME PLEASE
I THOUGHT IT REPRESENTED
THE IDEA OF UNITY…
AND A NATION AS ONE
WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL…
FOR EVERY EMPIRE RISING
ANOTHER ONE WILL FALL…
IF WE ALL BLEED RED
SHOULD WE ADD ANOTHER STRIPE…
ONE ACROSS THE BOTTOM
FOR THE WARS THAT WE FIGHT…
AND ONE ACROSS THE TOP
FOR ALL THE MURDERED LIVES…
ADD A BLACK ONE THROUGH THE MIDDLE
FOR THE CHILDREN THAT WILL DIE!!!
AND WILL THE PAIN EVER CEASE
WILL THERE EVER BE PEACE…
WHEN WE DO NOTHING TO RECTIFY
THE SPREAD OF THIS DISEASE…
REFORM… RESTRUCTURE… REBUILD… REPRISE…
OR PULL THE STONES FROM UNDER FOOT
AND STACK THEM TOWARD THE SKY…
AS WE LOOK THE OTHER WAY
THE WORLD TURNS GRAY…
AND WE LOSE OUR SENSE OF SELF
WITHIN THE CHAOS AND THE PAIN…
WHERE NATIONALITY IS PREVALENT OVER HUMAN LIFE…
AND POLITICS DETERMINE
WHO IS IN THE WRONG OR RIGHT…
WE ALL (TRY)
WE ALL (CRY)
WE ALL (DIE)
STILL TIME MOVES ON.
IT’S A DEAD END TO A DUSTY PATH REPEATED ONCE AGAIN…
AND HISTORY WILL WARN US OF THE EVER PRESENT END…
IT’S A SELF INFLICTED DESTINY A LESSON TO BE LEARNED…
NO IDOL SHOULD BE WORSHIPPED AND ALL FLAGS SHOULD BE BURNED.