The memo says
We gotta work to make the facts fit the false charges
Pull the wool over the eyes of the filthy masses
Stab the people in the back for the corporate choice
Roll the propaganda out using The People’s Voice
We don’t want to talk about it…
The press scribble scribble every half-truth spoke
Then shoot it round the country like an April Fool’s joke
Hype the nation for a Desert Storm love affair
Wave the stars and stripes like you just don’t care!
They talk it up all day, they talk it up all night
They talk until their face turns blue — Red white and blue!
But when the truth escapes the night and crawls into the day
We find the picture still askew
They don’t want to… talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and mindlessly salute
Woah, woah
They don’t want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute
And on the TV screen…
…Diversion and aversion is the flavor of the day
Was it WMDs? Or Democracy?
Blame it on MI-6 or the CIA
The White House Press Corpse only has one thing to say…
«We don’t want to talk about it!»
The White House boils over, «Al Jazeera got it wrong!»
The Press Corpse jumps onboard singing the White House song
While over in Iraq thousands are dead because of lies
The spineless war drumming-press corpse have taken lives
They talk it up all day, they talk it up all night
They talk until their face turns blue — Red white and blue!
But when the truth escapes the night and crawls into the day
We find the picture still askew
They don’t want to… talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and mindlessly salute
Woah, woah
They don’t want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute
Fires fueled on endless lies
Black shrouds coat desert skies
A nation’s viewpoint blurred and led
As embeds report what they’re fed
We don’t want to talk about it…
We don’t want to talk about it…
We don’t want to talk about it…
We don’t want to talk about it…
(We don’t want to talk about it…)
We don’t, don’t want to, we don’t wanna talk about it
(We don’t want to…)
We don’t, don’t want to, we don’t wanna talk
They don’t want to… talk talk talk talk talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and mindlessly salute
Woah, woah
They don’t want to talk about it
They wanna tiptoe, walk around it
Wave the flag and cowardly salute
This is how you bring 70s punk rock back especially in times of fear corruption and endless agony that we're dealing with right now. How you breathe Punk is not dead it's just asleep it's up to us Millennials and Generation Z kids to wake it. ✊
7 years later and the lyrics and subject matter of this song is so relevant to the nightmare going on in America. Anti Flag knew what was up! If only people would really listen and take it to heart!
Anti-flag is more relevant than EVER! The band delivers hard hitting political commentary in their very NAME! "Wave the flag and mindlessly salute" indeed! That's certainly the order of the day, it would seem. We're told exactly what to think about the flag. We're told we have to bow down to this piece of cloth; To worship it. I say, FUCK THAT! I'd rather stay true to what that flag actually represents, which is FREEDOM.
We get to decide for ourselves whether to engage in jingoistic flag worship. I'll be damned if some NFL owner or politician is going to tell me what I think about the flag. The fact they would even attempt to do so is an insult to all of those who have fought and died for that flag.