SOLD EVERYTHING lyrics - Anti-Flag
Well, they sold all our bodies, collected our names
Sold all our fears, stole all our birthdates
Every thought we have exchanged for windfall
If they gave you nothing, you'd have nothing at all
Fuck all their borders and fuck all their wars
The violence of Wall Street and profiteer cures
Neoliberal white saviors, Murdoch and Fox News
Fuck the Pittsburgh Police and the president, too
(Whoa) They sold everything
(Whoa) They sold everything
No, you don't mean a goddamn thing
(Don't mean a goddamn thing)
(Whoa) They sold everything
(Whoa) They sold everything
(Whoa) They sold everything
(Whoa) No, you don't mean a goddamn thing
MODERN META MEDICINE lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Jesse Leach)
Self-serve it's all that you can eat
How will we pay, we're the commodity
We can never help ourselves
We want it all and nothing else
Market plan. Consumed, buy everything
Create desires and trade them publicly
The sweet smell of our excess
We choke and gag upon the stench
Every dime spared from the war fund
Another pill for us to choke on
On and on and on and on
We're never right, we're never wrong
And on and on and on and on
What's black is white, what's true is false
Take off my weary head
Fill us with medicine
We're all bogged down with dread
Fill us with medicine
Fill us with medicine
Under treat the pain, deny dignity
Subhuman graves robbed for the body
Indelible memory remains
The histories of abuse and shame
Same story, the character, a caricature
A premium paid, a misery ensured
Shocked by the inhumanity
Is this life of ours worth anything?
Every dime spared from the war fund
Another pill for us to choke on
On and on and on and on
We're never right, we're never wrong
And on and on and on and on
What's black is white, what's true is false
Take off my weary head
Fill us with medicine
We're all bogged down with dread
Fill us with medicine
Fill us with medicine
So we get, get, get what we deserve
So we try, try, try to bereave the interred
So we get, get, get what we deserve
This modern medicine
This modern meta medicine
This modern meta medicine
So let us in
This modern meta medicine
So let us in
This modern meta medicine
LAUGH. CRY. SMILE. DIE. lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Shane Told)
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this idea that I'm selling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Can anybody hear me?
(Whoa whoa) Does anybody care?
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this worry that we're falling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody listening?
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody there?
Flashback to 1983
Emphasize the uncertainty
The memo says the company
Turns truth into a theory
The lies they tell our children shaping everything we know
Turning fact into a fiction streamed on every single show
Packaged and rebranded so that it's consumed by all
Simplify the lyrics so the world can sing along
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this idea that I'm selling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Can anybody hear me?
(Whoa whoa) Does anybody care?
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this worry that we're falling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody listening?
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody there?
In the fluorescents of boardrooms
The proof disappears
In the darkness of the night
They prey on our fears
Now they're capping all the the questions, no accountability
The only answers given are the ones that keep them free
They knew it, they sold it then wrote it into law
To greenwash, to market, the cleanest death of all
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this idea that I'm selling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Can anybody hear me?
(Whoa whoa) Does anybody care?
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this worry that we're falling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody listening?
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody there?
Is anybody there?
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this idea that I'm selling, for nothing
(Whoa whoa) Can anybody hear me?
(Whoa whoa) Does anybody care?
Can you hear me, hear me calling
I got this worry that we're falling, for nothing
(Hey) Is anybody listening?
(Hey) Is anybody fucking there?
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody listening?
(Whoa whoa) Is anybody there?
THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Tim McIlrath & Brian Baker)
There's a dark cloud growing at the end of the road
There's a crowd of people left with nowhere to go
And I get so sick at the sight, it keeps me up at night
(It keeps me up at night)
There's a headline telling you that this is the end
There's no conversation, it's still us versus them
And I get so sick at the sight, it keeps me up at night
We're in the fight of our lives
Crossing over the lines
We'll never run, never hide
(Oh oh oh oh)
Wake up surrounded in flames
Holding onto our pain
Still some hope in our veins
(Oh oh oh oh oh)
I get so sick at the sight, it keeps me up at night
We're in the fight of our lives
There's a echo ringing that we're going to war
It's the same old story, they're still killing for sport
And I get so sick of the sight, it keeps me up at night
(It keeps me up at night)
We're in the fight of our lives
Crossing over the lines
We'll never run, never hide
(Oh oh oh oh)
Wake up surrounded in flames
Holding onto our pain
Still some hope in our veins
(Oh oh oh oh oh)
I get so sick at the sight, it keeps me up at night
We're in the fight of our lives
(Oh oh oh oh)
We're in the fight of our lives
(Oh oh oh oh)
We're in the fight of our lives
Wake up, to existential dread
Empires, they crumble in our hands
Phone call, no one on the other end
(No one on the other end)
Inside, to dispel the myth
So tired, we haven't done anything
Reach out, no one on the other end
(No one on the other end)
("The number you've dialed is not in service")
We're in the fight of our lives
Crossing over the lines
We'll never run, never hide
(Oh oh oh oh)
Wake up surrounded in flames
Holding onto our pain
Still some hope in our veins
(Oh oh oh oh oh)
I get so sick at the sight, it keeps me up at night
We're in the fight of our lives
(Oh oh oh oh)
We're in the fight of our lives
(Oh oh oh oh)
We're in the fight of our lives
IMPERIALISM lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Ashrita Kumar)
Did things my own way, made up my own rules
Took off a Sunday and stole all of your jewels
Moved into your house, you said can you move
I said, I'm goin', I'm goin' nowhere
I plan to fabricate a little holiday
And find myself a lovely, cozy place to stay
And if I like it I may never go away
Yeah!
And when I show up you'll be thrilled to let me in
Cause I got all you need to wash away your sins
Yeah, once you know me you'll realize I'm your best friend
You've been needing a new friend
I'm gonna be there till the end
Did things my own way, made up my own rules
Took off a Sunday and stole all of your jewels
Moved into your house, you said can you move
I said, I'm goin', I'm goin' nowhere
The heads of state are drinking up their vintage wine
While blowin' smoke on human rights and apartheid
From Pittsburgh, PA all the way to Palestine
Yeah!
I'll tell you who's your enemy and who to trust
If you don't like it, I don't really give a fuck
I'm rolling heavy and I'm tired of your distrust
You see your loyalty's a must...
You better bring it, motherfucker
Did things my own way, made up my own rules
Took off a Sunday and stole all of your jewels
Moved into your house, you said can you move
I said, I'm goin', I'm goin' nowhere
And the sun keeps shining down
On the hills and city streets of this fair town
What once and what is now are futile
To break down, to break down
Did things my own way, made up my own rules
Took off a Sunday and stole all of your jewels
Moved into your house, you said can you move
I said, I'm goin', I'm goin'...
I'm goin' nowhere, nowhere
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm goin' nowhere, nowhere
Oh, oh
Did things my own way, made up my own rules
Took off a Sunday and stole all of your jewels
Moved into your house, you said can you move
I said, I'm goin', I'm goin' nowhere
VICTORY OR DEATH (WE GAVE 'EM HELL) lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Campino)
When the world starts burning ring the bell, ring the bell
We can say we can say we were there when it fell
Hear the voice of the choir fare thee well, fare thee well
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
You were born far away in the pouring rain
Dreaming I would meet you there someday
Well, I don't know your story and I don't know your name
But I can tell you that you won't die in vain
When the world starts burning ring the bell, ring the bell
We can say we can say we were there when it fell
Hear the voice of the choir fare thee well, fare thee well
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
When you come face to face with the weight of your fate
(Will you) Count your blessing or just count your mistakes?
When the sun begins to set on the things you never did
Will they haunt you or the ones you have left?
To the end of the day nothing left but to raise up a glass to the lost and the brave
You may be buried in a grave that is marked with no name
But I'll be thrown down in a hole just the same
To arms the brave
Unknown soldiers wait
March on, march on to our very last breath
It's victory or death...
When the world starts burning ring the bell, ring the bell
We can say we can say we were there when it fell
Hear the voice of the choir fare thee well, fare thee well
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
When the world starts burning ring the bell, ring the bell
We can say we can say we were there when it fell
Hear the voice of the choir fare thee well, fare thee well
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
We gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell, gave 'em hell
THE HAZARDOUS lyrics - Anti-Flag
Confined, separate and polarized
Maintained, condoned and designed
No relief and nowhere left to hide
Hell trapped in cracks of the pavement
Decline, compound abandonment
No escape and nowhere left to repent
Insolence only crime
Inside our own lives
Injustice resides where the weapon resides
Locked out, locked up
They've got their gun to our heads
Same war, same chains
Same house always wins
The bottom line defines the hazardous redline
They've got their gun to our heads
Blood thirst, watch the interest hike
Blockbust, forced fed hunger strike
Their ghosts hang in the poisoned air
Insolence only crime
Inside our own lives
Injustice resides in everything that we buy
Locked out, locked up
They've got their gun to our heads
Same war, same chains
Same house always wins
The bottom line defines the hazardous redline
They've got their gun to our heads
There's only hell inside
There's only hell outside
But the structures are all rotten
In the maps of the forgotten
Our dignity, our liberty is all or nothing
Locked out, locked up
They've got their gun to our heads
Same war, same chains
Same house always wins
The bottom line defines the hazardous redline
They've got their gun to our heads
Locked out, locked up
They've got their gun to our heads
Same war, same chains
Same house always wins
The bottom line defines the hazardous redline
They've got their gun to our heads
Locked out, locked up
Same war, same chains
Same house always wins
Locked out, locked up
The hazardous redline
They've got their gun to our heads
SHALLOW GRAVES lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Tré Burt)
In the lotteries of stolen fate
To clear the way, gas up the trade
To rape the soil to the end days
Where they bury our soul in a shallow grave
In a shallow grave
Gold mountain ghost, spirit remains
For the destitute, for the cast away
Manifest destiny to fill our shame
Where they bury our soul in a shallow grave
In a shallow grave
In a shallow grave
In a shallow grave
In a shallow grave
Bodies piled on the border lines
Shots of patron in the friendly skies
Futures detained on the Rio Grande
Will wash their blood right off your hands
In a promised land
In a promised land
In a promised land
What promise?
We are the warmth of the other suns
Five hundred years of violence undone
We are the sins that you will not forget
The broken promise of the innocent
We are the warmth of the other suns
Five hundred years of violence undone
We are the sins that you will not forget
The broken promise of the innocent
WORK & STRUGGLE lyrics - Anti-Flag
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle, and death
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle for less
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle, and death
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle for less
There's blood on the banks of homestead
There's blood in the banks of Wall Street
Robert Owens gave birth to the 8 hour day
The boss wants it down in a grave
Poison the rivers, slaughter the cows
Build up the prisons, burn forests down
Food to the landfill, patent the seeds
They waste your labor, and your dignity
They want to use you up, and steal your soul
They want to use you up, and steal your soul
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle, and death
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle for less
Perpetuate violence, surveilled privacy
Serving evictions, deny basic need
Following orders, just do what you're told
They'll leave you with nothing, just a flag to fold
They rob the world blind, never pay for their crimes
They've got us trained like rats
So we organize on the boss' dime
We don't have to live like this
Like this, like this
They want to use you up, and steal your soul
They want to use you up, and steal your soul
Bleed you to death 'til there's nothing left
Bleed you to death 'til there's nothing left
They're gonna bleed you to death 'til there's nothing left
They'll bleed you to death
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle, and death
Work and struggle, and be grateful for it
Work and struggle for less
Work and struggle for less
NVREVR lyrics - Anti-Flag (feat. Stacey Dee)
Cut throat and don't look back
As if gifted by the zodiac
With the key that's gonna unlock my own path
Catastrophe is guaranteed again
'Cause your payoff is with a moral sin
Well, somehow, that idea always got under my skin
But you never got into my head
You never got into my head
Attack after attack
When living in this nightmare is a total laugh
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground that I'm ever giving back
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
Much like a poison kiss
Bittersweet, infamous
The villain's gift comes with a hitch
Slick and pretty with a warm embrace
Behind the veil there is a sacrifice
The time will come when you don't wanna pay that price
And they never got into my head
No, they never got into my head
Attack after attack
When living in this nightmare is a total laugh
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground that I'm ever giving back
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
All the struggles of the world make me hate you evermore
All the struggles of the world make me hate you (Make me hate you)
All the beauty of the world makes me hate you evermore
All the beauty of the world makes me hate you (Makes me hate you)
And I hate you
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground I'm giving back
Attack after attack
When living in this nightmare is a fucking laugh
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground that I'm ever giving back
I never, ever, ever
Never, ever, ever
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground I'm giving back
You better fucking know it
And when the wolves attack
There ain't no ground I'm ever giving back
ONLY IN MY HEAD lyrics - Anti-Flag
All the glory that I've seen
It's only in my head, only in my head
Their amber waves of greed
It's only in my head, only in my head
In a cubicle or a locked cell
The profit builds a living hell
Raze monuments to thieves
But it's only in my head, only in my head
They're after me
Where no one's free
The house created by their greed
Is not the goddamn home that we need
They're all after me
Forget the death, the pain
It's only in my head, only in my head
All in the name of the state
It's only in my head, only in my head
Foundation born of hate
All the cancer it creates
Slow death only fate
But it's only in my head, it's only in my head
They're after me
Where no one's free
The house created by their greed
Is not the goddamn home that we need
They're all after me
Lost in the light of spectacle
Ban all the books, padlock the schools
Never knowing our reality
When everything is a conspiracy
All the glory that I've seen, it's only in my head...
They're after me
Where no one's free
The house created by their greed
Is not the goddamn home that we need
They're all after me
Hate Conquers All lyrics - Anti-Flag
"In the good ol' days this doesn't happen because they used to treat them very very rough. And when they protested once, they would not do it again so easily."
Hate conquers all
In the ashes of the fall
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
Watch the empire fall
Watch the nation dissolve
With our backs against the wall
With our
The new disorder of the impoverished nation state
The endless cycle, divide and manipulate
Never give in to the sympathy
Never give in to reality
No one could save us
So build up and lock the gate
Never give in to a sensory
Never give in to the honesty
No one could save us
Hate conquers all
In the ashes of the fall
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
Watch the empire fall
Watch the nation dissolve
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
The same masters who made us their fuckin' slaves
Are now our saviors I'm so sick of needing to be saved
Never give in to the sympathy
Never give in to reality
No one could save us
"And you know what? The audience swung back. And I thought it was very appropriate. The audience hit back. And that's what we need a little bit more of."
Hate conquers all
In the ashes of the fall
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
Watch the empire fall
Watch the nation dissolve
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
Hate conquers all
In the ashes of the fall
With our backs against the wall
With our backs against the wall
Watch the empire fall
Watch the nation dissolve
With our backs against the wall
Hate conquers, hate conquers all
It Went Off Like A Bomb lyrics - Anti-Flag
And it went off like a bomb
Incinerating, unforgiving
Gone...
No recovery, no pretending
Collision course - it's just a wreck
Shock and awe - no turning back
Nothing left to say or be done
It went off like a bomb
In the dark, in a place where no one sleeps
In the veins of extremist war
There's a message in the words that they speak
There's an action that they're callin' for
They make hallow all the shallow
Accidents of birth and reign
Zealot scum fucks kill for fame
We erase their names
And it went off like a bomb
Incinerating, unforgiving
Gone...
No recovery, no pretending
Collision course - it's just a wreck
Shock and awe - no turning back
Nothing left to say or be done
It went off like a bomb
Dog whistles endlessly
Storm troopers in the wings
Gin up the devotees
Certain they're under siege
Division sewn to yield a firestorm
Another product of the new norm
You think you're safe? It won't be too long
Until it all goes wrong
And it went off like a bomb
Incinerating, unforgiving
Gone...
No recovery, no pretending
Collision course - it's just a wreck
Shock and awe - no turning back
Nothing left to say or be done
It went off like a bomb
Yeah went off like a bomb
Yeah went off like a bomb
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