Facet Squared Lyrics

Lyric discussion by thecrikster 

Cover art for Facet Squared lyrics by Fugazi

anyone know what the line "they should never... ...touch the ground" refers to?

Is it just saying that they have their "head in the clouds"?

Based off the idea that this a song about patriotism I think "they should never touch the ground" refers to one of the rules of handling a flag, it's never supposed to make contact with the ground.