zmodem, I think I can clarify the "United We Stand" thing for you. West Broadway is a real neighborhood in Winnipeg (where the band is based). David Nygard, the Winnipeg-based designer and fashionista, owns a building in West Broadway where he had a huge mural made after 9/11 with Canadian and American flags and the phrase "United We Stand."
As the song is lampooning Canadian nationalism, I think the implication is that by Canadians hating the pro-USA mural we are directing our patriotism at token or symbolic images when we could be using our energies at making real and positive changes.
zmodem, I think I can clarify the "United We Stand" thing for you. West Broadway is a real neighborhood in Winnipeg (where the band is based). David Nygard, the Winnipeg-based designer and fashionista, owns a building in West Broadway where he had a huge mural made after 9/11 with Canadian and American flags and the phrase "United We Stand."
As the song is lampooning Canadian nationalism, I think the implication is that by Canadians hating the pro-USA mural we are directing our patriotism at token or symbolic images when we could be using our energies at making real and positive changes.