Flag Waver - No Bird Sing

Sparkling diplomat ‘ Fantastical fuck you

Passive attack, tactical glove slap for the gun duel

Frantic fool flips static channels for facts that he can handle

Like love taps to the chin, it’s understandable

Back when he was trafficking in Africans

Guilt crept into his abdomen and grew

He named it Lucifer

Velvet fist shatters his glass mandible

With one elegant thrust, a fancy uniform, and a tuning fork

In his neighborhood explosions in the sky

Only happen in July instead of every single day

He keeps repeating his allegiance to the sequence

Even after all the colors fade back to smoky gray

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in his face

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in his face

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in his face until he likes it

Control is a helluva drug

Nobody does it better than us

Chatter in the dust ‘ Malignant patterns re-imagined as trust

Ignorance ‘ Too much information

Freedom under influence ‘ God over a blissful nation

Modern convenient come anemic, there’s no secret

We’re leeching the ecosystem, addicted to cheap excess

I’m not a misanthrope, some people just don’t listen close

Definition sickness, shit’ll slit your throat

Comb the coastline, with no sign of the ocean

Tide’s coming, hit your pose swimmer ‘ Hold it

Only the chosen got enough rope to dip their toes in

Castaways bake in the sun, chained to their own sweat

Exchange platitude ‘ Pray for the flood

Fake gratitude ‘ Same as it was

Save some shame for the next generation

All bite and no bark ‘ Nothing more sacred than our taste for blood

In our neighborhood explosions in the sky

Only happen in July instead of every single day

And I remain forever debted to the favor

So unless I’m singing praise there’s not a thing that I can say

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in my face

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in my face

They don’t hide it ‘ They put it right in my face until I like it

Control is a helluva drug