Lyric discussion by RachiePie 

Cover art for Holy Roman lyrics by Get Up Kids, The

I think this song is very definetely a political attack. The line "Fight the good fight, Maintain the trend" seems to be sarcastic to me. Especially comparing the United States empire to the Roman Empire, I'm guessing is a statement that we're using any means neccesary to essentially take over the world. Also, it's not "Unpatriotic, friend stabbing friend" it's "Patriotic friend stabbing friend" (Note the missing "un" and the lack of comma.) Which I think it's saying we're using patriotism as an excuse to pretty much lash out at the world.

Yeah.