Strata - The New National Anthem
I just got the new CD "Strata Presents the End of the World". I'm not all that impressed with it thus far, but I've only listened to it once-- it'll be hard to top their last album either way, but we'll see. One song that really stood out to me though was "The New National Anthem". It's disgustingly liberal. If you're moderately conservative you might barf, but I like it because it's an interesting take on the same things that most of us Bush haters complain about, only, it doesn't suck like most of the political music as of late. Plus, it interestingly uses the actual lyrics to the real national anthem, and mixes them up with new ones.
I guess I can be pretty disgustingly liberal at times, this must be one of those moments. But I still think that all of that liberal shit about gun control is fucking stupid, so don't hate me too much.
Click here to download "Strata - The New National Anthem"O' Say, can you see?
By the dawn's early light
we get 'em young, give 'em guns and ship 'em off to fight
While the rocket's red glare is keeping everyone scared
they say, "just relax - put your trust in me
and you can sit back and watch the war on your screen."
The country's run by lunatics, they're picking up their pens,
writing themselves into Revelation, "this is how it's gonna end!"
Well, I tried hard to bite my tongue, like a good American
but they recruited my little brother and they're shipping off my friends
Broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
you know those who stand to gain are not the ones who sacrifice
watching bombs burst in air from a comfortable chair,
they just say, "in God we trust, and God trusts in greed,
yeah as long as they never show real blood on TV."
I'm not sorry if this makes you mad, in fact I hope this wakes you up
'Cause you'll never see what's going on with your eyes so tightly shut!
There are too many unanswered questions,
from the towers in New York
to the lies leading up to another corporate sponsored war
Well I'll support the troops by asking what they're really fighting for
and I think that's more patriotic than flying a flag from my front porch
Come on, let's go out and start a fight!
'Cause you know two wrongs always make a right
Come on, let's go out and start a fight!
'Cause you know two wrongs never make a right
