The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
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The Dead Flag Blues by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Release Date
Thu Aug 14 1997
Produced by
Godspeed You! Black Emperor & Ian Ilavsky & Don Wilkie
About

“The Dead Flag Blues” is the first song on the CD Edition of GY!BE’s first full-length album, F♯ A♯ ∞.

It is divided in four segments:
- “The Dead Flag Blues (Intro)” (0:00-6:37)
- “Slow Moving Trains” (6:37-10:10)
- “The Cowboy…” (10:10-14:27)
- “The Dead Flag Blues (Outro)” (14:27-16:27)

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The Dead Flag Blues Lyrics

[Part 1: "The Dead Flag Blues (Intro)"]
The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows

The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn

We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death

The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles

It went like this:

The buildings toppled in on themselves
Mothers clutching babies
Picked through the rubble
And pulled out their hair

The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze

I said, "Kiss me, you're beautiful
These are truly the last days"

You grabbed my hand
And we fell into it
Like a daydream
Or a fever

We woke up one morning and fell a little further down
For sure as the valley of death
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood

[Part 2: "Slow Moving Trains"]
(Instrumental)

[Part 3: "The Cowboy..."]
(Instrumental)

[Part 4: "The Dead Flag Blues (Outro)"]
(Instrumental)

The Dead Flag Blues Q&A

Who wrote The Dead Flag Blues's ?

The Dead Flag Blues was written by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Who produced The Dead Flag Blues's ?

The Dead Flag Blues was produced by Godspeed You! Black Emperor & Ian Ilavsky & Don Wilkie.

When did Godspeed You! Black Emperor release The Dead Flag Blues?

Godspeed You! Black Emperor released The Dead Flag Blues on Thu Aug 14 1997.

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