After the Flags -

«But still it moves» I heard you cry

Matters of fact attract, with time to bide

Thread sisters stay on my side

Heavy headed when we collide

Ten sounds at once reverberate

Coin-operations self-sustain in a cloud

Compulsion caught will penetrate

«Come on son do your country proud!»

Lead us down to the ocean

And wash our hands of campaigns for the self-assured

Fading white in surrender

And weary from the beating sun that blinds you

Take a hit for catharsis

Take a hit for them all

After the flags they’re selling off the wall

I wanna die for a reason

I wanna kill for a cause

Before they fall

The fall won’t kill but it’s gonna hurt

And for a moment clear the haze from your eyes

To redefine the lines of flesh and dirt

A sudden tenderness, viscera surprise

Dressed in red to mourn the dead

6 o’clock, do you watch just to wince at this?

Eyes are wide;

we have been misled

And now you face the modern synthesis

Straighten out your fiction

As means to ends and ends to meaning guide you

Take a hit for catharsis

Take a hit for them all

After the flags they’re selling off the wall

I wanna die for a reason

I wanna kill for a cause

After the flags I’m nobody at all

Take a hit for catharsis

Take a hit for them all

After the flags they’re selling off the wall

If I can reach you with reason

You say it’s time for a fall

After the flags you’re nobody at all