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I Abstain Lyrics
I abstain !
Summon my pride ?
What ? Pride behind your blinkered eyes ?
Your vigilance is shit.
" The lads together " - You'll fall !
Smug complacency,
notions of reserving
the right to think with your fists,
I abstain from this mundane apathy.
Committed to
" All for red, white and blue ",
in effect you're fighting
for what's really fighting you.
" Grit those teeth,
put out those chests ".
Tears only for the flag.
Always the brave patriot
as you slip
to second class.
But you stand steadfast ?
People are not subjects,
why should the few
get more respect ?
Open your eyes !
Imperialism feeds off you,
not patrons but patronised.
Open your eyes !
They're shaping you,
you're trapped
with " pomp and circumstance ",
lose your discretion.
Soon, you'll not fall from grace,
endorse their rhetoric,
you fade, they prosper.
I abstain !
Don't be colonial slave.
Don't substantiate the act.
What ? Pride behind your blinkered eyes ?
Your vigilance is shit.
" The lads together " - You'll fall !
notions of reserving
the right to think with your fists,
I abstain from this mundane apathy.
" All for red, white and blue ",
in effect you're fighting
for what's really fighting you.
put out those chests ".
Tears only for the flag.
Always the brave patriot
as you slip
to second class.
why should the few
get more respect ?
Open your eyes !
not patrons but patronised.
Open your eyes !
you're trapped
with " pomp and circumstance ",
lose your discretion.
Soon, you'll not fall from grace,
endorse their rhetoric,
you fade, they prosper.
Don't be colonial slave.
Don't substantiate the act.
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