According to Ian MacKaye in Joe Gross' 33 1/3 book about In On the Kill Taker, the word “facet” in the title is actually a homophone of an acronym for a key phrase in the song: “flags are such ugly things”… FASUT becomes FACET which is then raised to the second power – so horrible nationalism is for...
Pride no longer has definition
Everybody wears it, it always fits
A state invoked for the lack of position
Strength is the bait that keeps us so busy
If it's perforated, then I'll tear it to bits
All sense lost in the frenzy
They should never
Touch the ground
Ground
Ground
Ground
Irony is the refuge of the educated
Always complaining but they never quit
Cool's eternal, but it's always dated
They should never
Touch the...
Touch the ground
It's not worth, it's the investment
That keeps us tied up in all these strings
We draw lines and stand behind them
That's why flags are such ugly things
They should never
Touch the ground
Facet Squared was written by Fugazi.
Facet Squared was produced by Ted Niceley & Fugazi.
Fugazi released Facet Squared on Wed Jun 30 1993.