This is a long shot, but I think this song is about the part of us that wants to trivialize patriotism as just fireworks and a pretty flag - so much so that we are able to ignore a thief burgling our home. This is reinforced by "...stared like zombies at the red, blue and grey" and "free, dumb."
This is a long shot, but I think this song is about the part of us that wants to trivialize patriotism as just fireworks and a pretty flag - so much so that we are able to ignore a thief burgling our home. This is reinforced by "...stared like zombies at the red, blue and grey" and "free, dumb."