Just because you happened to fall out of your mother's womb in a certain part of the world does not mean you have to act like it defines you (especially if there's nothing to be "proud" of anyway!)
lyrics
FALSE NATIONALISM
UNION JACKS ON COUNCIL FLATS
HUNG UP BY UNEDUCATED PRATS
TALKING ABOUT PRIDE AND BEING PATRIOTIC
ACTING LIKE A CLONE, SOCIALLY ROBOTIC
FLY YOUR FLAG, CRACK A VACANT SMILE
EMPTY SLOGANEERING IS YOUR STYLE
ACTING THE BIG SELF RIGHTEOUS HYPOCRITE
YOUR HEART IS PURE, YOUR MINDS FULL OF SHIT
FALSE NATIONALISM I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
THE UNION JACK IS DRENCHED IN BLOOD
SYMBOL OF OPPRESSION AND SLAVERY
FLY YOUR FLAG OF HYPOCRISY
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF SOMETHING, IN WHICH YOU GOT NO CHOICE?
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF A COUNTRY, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR IT'S PEOPLES VOICE?
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF A NATION, SENDING SOLDIERS OFF TO DIE?
HOW CAN YOU PROUD OF A KINGDOM, THAT WENT TO WAR FOR A LIE?
BRAINWASHED BY THE NEWS AND THE TV
ANAESTHETIZED BY ALL THAT YOU SEE
THE MEDIA IS CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT
NO MORE UGLY DISCONTENT
UNHOOK YOUR MIND FROM THE REAL SITUATION
FALL IN LINE WITH THE ZOMBIE POPULATION
TIME HAS COME FOR ME TO START A FIRE
BURN THIS FLAG OF THE CRIMINAL EMPIRE
FALSE NATIONALISM I NEVER UNDERSTOOD
THE UNION JACK IS DRENCHED IN BLOOD
SYMBOL OF OPPRESSION AND SLAVERY
FLY YOUR FLAG OF HYPOCRISY
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF SOMETHING, IN WHICH YOU GOT NO CHOICE?
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF A COUNTRY, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR IT'S PEOPLES VOICE?
HOW CAN YOU BE PROUD OF A NATION, SENDING SOLDIERS OFF TO DIE?
HOW CAN YOU PROUD OF A KINGDOM, THAT WENT TO WAR FOR A LIE?
credits
from Scarred Society,
released October 10, 2011
Scarred Society (c) 2011
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