Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail.
“Give me liberty or give me death.” - Patrick Henry
Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail
“The use of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as a symbol of the American colonies can be traced back to the publications of Benjamin Franklin. In 1751, he made the first reference to the rattlesnake in a satirical commentary published in his Pennsylvania Gazette. It had been the policy of Britain to send convicted criminals to America, and Franklin suggested that they thank the British by sending rattlesnakes to England.”
Never begins it, never, but once engaged...
Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage
-Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" propaganda (“to encourage American colonists to unite against British rule.”)
Dont tread on me
“The first Marines that enlisted were from Philadelphia and they carried drums painted yellow, depicting a coiled rattlesnake with thirteen rattles, and the motto "Don't Tread On Me." This was the first mention of the Gadsden flag's symbolism.”
“Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, "Don't Tread on Me!"” (The cover of the album features the snake used)
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it
Settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Dont tread on me
Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite
“...even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defence, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal...” - Benjamin Franklin
Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike
Shining with brightness, always on surveillance
The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance
“I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids–She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.” - Benjamin Franklin
Dont tread on me
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” - George Washington
So be it
Settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Dont tread on me
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail
Once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
So be it
Threaten no more
To secure peace is to prepare for war
So be it
Settle the score
Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
@Adeori ; @no bullshit
It is kind of sad that the highest rated comment on this song states that this is pro-"American" patriotism when the opposite is so permeating in the lyrics. Metallica as a band are pacifists, for example see the song One. When the lyrics state that "to secure peace is to prepare to war" it is a dystopian ridiculing of a too true fact of American politics. War is a quick mean to end a conflict, but not a stable way to preserve peace in the long run. And in the end that is really what Don't Tread...
@Adeori ; @no bullshit
It is kind of sad that the highest rated comment on this song states that this is pro-"American" patriotism when the opposite is so permeating in the lyrics. Metallica as a band are pacifists, for example see the song One. When the lyrics state that "to secure peace is to prepare to war" it is a dystopian ridiculing of a too true fact of American politics. War is a quick mean to end a conflict, but not a stable way to preserve peace in the long run. And in the end that is really what Don't Tread on Me is about to me, the fact that they who loves war will find themselves in the dichotomy of liberty or death, the destructive path of aggression that only leads to fear, hate, pain and suffering in the end. No one who is evil see themselves as evil, and that is why the narrator of this song may seem pro-war. But considered as a whole, the song ridicules the narrator's point of view and paints a dystopian picture of the ignorance that leads to.
One more thing:
The fact that being pro-war can be considered patriotic is frightening...
Think about it, would that mean that being a pacifist is un-patriotic?
One more thing:
The fact that being pro-war can be considered patriotic is frightening...
Think about it, would that mean that being a pacifist is un-patriotic?
@Naecoehtmai
Your comment is a study in how we can so often project our own feelings and biases onto the words of others, especially when those others are people we admire and who we wish to believe would agree with us.
@Naecoehtmai
Your comment is a study in how we can so often project our own feelings and biases onto the words of others, especially when those others are people we admire and who we wish to believe would agree with us.
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail. “Give me liberty or give me death.” - Patrick Henry Once you provoke her, rattling of her tail “The use of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as a symbol of the American colonies can be traced back to the publications of Benjamin Franklin. In 1751, he made the first reference to the rattlesnake in a satirical commentary published in his Pennsylvania Gazette. It had been the policy of Britain to send convicted criminals to America, and Franklin suggested that they thank the British by sending rattlesnakes to England.” Never begins it, never, but once engaged... Never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage -Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" propaganda (“to encourage American colonists to unite against British rule.”)
Dont tread on me “The first Marines that enlisted were from Philadelphia and they carried drums painted yellow, depicting a coiled rattlesnake with thirteen rattles, and the motto "Don't Tread On Me." This was the first mention of the Gadsden flag's symbolism.”
“Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy; being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattle-snake in the middle, in the attitude of going to strike, and these words underneath, "Don't Tread on Me!"” (The cover of the album features the snake used)
So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Dont tread on me
Love it or live it, she with the deadly bite “...even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defence, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal...” - Benjamin Franklin Quick is the blue tongue, forked as lighting strike Shining with brightness, always on surveillance The eyes, they never close, emblem of vigilance “I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids–She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.” - Benjamin Franklin
Dont tread on me
So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” - George Washington
So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Dont tread on me
So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war
Liberty or death, what we so proudly hail Once you provoke her, rattling on her tail
So be it Threaten no more To secure peace is to prepare for war So be it Settle the score Touch me again for the words that you'll hear evermore...
Dont tread on me
someone else i can completely agree with you and seeba have it right... i dont know how anyone could think this song is anti-american...
someone else i can completely agree with you and seeba have it right... i dont know how anyone could think this song is anti-american...
seewa
seewa
@Adeori ; @no bullshit It is kind of sad that the highest rated comment on this song states that this is pro-"American" patriotism when the opposite is so permeating in the lyrics. Metallica as a band are pacifists, for example see the song One. When the lyrics state that "to secure peace is to prepare to war" it is a dystopian ridiculing of a too true fact of American politics. War is a quick mean to end a conflict, but not a stable way to preserve peace in the long run. And in the end that is really what Don't Tread...
@Adeori ; @no bullshit It is kind of sad that the highest rated comment on this song states that this is pro-"American" patriotism when the opposite is so permeating in the lyrics. Metallica as a band are pacifists, for example see the song One. When the lyrics state that "to secure peace is to prepare to war" it is a dystopian ridiculing of a too true fact of American politics. War is a quick mean to end a conflict, but not a stable way to preserve peace in the long run. And in the end that is really what Don't Tread on Me is about to me, the fact that they who loves war will find themselves in the dichotomy of liberty or death, the destructive path of aggression that only leads to fear, hate, pain and suffering in the end. No one who is evil see themselves as evil, and that is why the narrator of this song may seem pro-war. But considered as a whole, the song ridicules the narrator's point of view and paints a dystopian picture of the ignorance that leads to.
One more thing: The fact that being pro-war can be considered patriotic is frightening... Think about it, would that mean that being a pacifist is un-patriotic?
One more thing: The fact that being pro-war can be considered patriotic is frightening... Think about it, would that mean that being a pacifist is un-patriotic?
@Naecoehtmai Your comment is a study in how we can so often project our own feelings and biases onto the words of others, especially when those others are people we admire and who we wish to believe would agree with us.
@Naecoehtmai Your comment is a study in how we can so often project our own feelings and biases onto the words of others, especially when those others are people we admire and who we wish to believe would agree with us.