I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
We got a drug
We're gonna try it out on you
Won't make you die
It'll getcha just a little bit sick
(chorus)
Got a head cold
Got a chest cold
And it's three days old
(Goin' on forever)
Make you hazy
Make you lazy
Drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days
And years
Barely got the time now
To stay on the job
Double up the dosage in your water supply
Make you even sicker 'til you're slippin' away
Getting all depressed
It's getting all your friends
You can't get up
For nothing that'll rock the boat
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
Slip it abroad
Keep a-slowin' down the USSR
But meanwhile
We'll keep an eye
On what it's doin' to you
(chorus)
Got a head cold
Got a chest cold
And it's three days old
(Goin' on forever)
Make you hazy
Make you lazy
Drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days
And years
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
Flew
Through
You.
We're gonna try it out on you
Won't make you die
It'll getcha just a little bit sick
(chorus)
Got a head cold
Got a chest cold
And it's three days old
(Goin' on forever)
Make you hazy
Make you lazy
Drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days
And years
Barely got the time now
To stay on the job
Double up the dosage in your water supply
Make you even sicker 'til you're slippin' away
Getting all depressed
It's getting all your friends
You can't get up
For nothing that'll rock the boat
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
Slip it abroad
Keep a-slowin' down the USSR
But meanwhile
We'll keep an eye
On what it's doin' to you
(chorus)
Got a head cold
Got a chest cold
And it's three days old
(Goin' on forever)
Make you hazy
Make you lazy
Drive you crazy
For days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days
And days and days and days and days and days
And years
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
The Government Flu
Flew
Through
You.
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There's no veil on these lyrics although a simple-minded jack ass would disagree. Not one of DK's prouder moments but the reason I'm posting a comment is how insanely obvious the parrot effect is in this song. Jello bit off Dylan, Dylan bit off Woodie Guthrie, and every so called punk rock band that sand something besides sex drugs and rock n roll (which is more than suitable for me) bit off our beloved dead kennedys. I wish more songs nowadays had the balls to push the envelope like jello did, and once again, this song wasn't there strongest but how can you not feed into the notion of big brother's evil agenda. And I don't think its just an appetite for conspiracy theory bull-shit, what Jello wrote about is not literal, I don't think I have to even explain that, but what I think he is trying to convey is the Absolute Loss Of Trust. And the saddest part is that its a loss among ourselves, our own communities, our own state, of our country. And now, 2010, "everything" is so blatantly corrupt and dead that we need so many more song slike this but the Fuckin God Damn American People don't even give a shit if they're getting raped, robbed, or ripped off. Give them convenience ogr give them death!!!!
This song is about the government pumping us full of unnecessary drugs, for their own gains. They do it in order to slowly kill off an increasing world population. Why does a healthy small child need so many vaccinations? How has the human race survived until now? We don't need them! The Illuminati and the New World Order are killing us off and have been doing this since the 70s, with their swine flu jabs. Check out David Icke and his theories on the Illuminati/NWO and swine flu vaccinations on youtube - it's scary stuff, but essential viewing!
i forgot to say, most relevant of all, jello would have despised david icke as a purveyor of illogical bullshit.
my god man, questioning the essentiality of swine flu jabs is one thing, but subscribing to the irrational and unsubstantiated science-fiction nonsense of david icke is another. this man is a delusional maniac with literally nothing to back up his fanciful assertions
and as an adendum, a HEALTHY child needs vaccinations in order to protect it from BECOMING unhealthy. there is no point giving a child a vaccination for an affliction it already has.
The Government funnel you into a lifestyle that's convenient for them. You work 9-5, 5 days a week, until you're either dead or about to retire. That's what the Government flu is.
They stick Flouride in the drinking water which has proven to have detrimental effects on health when cosumed in large quantities.