False Flags
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False Flags by Massive Attack
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Massive AttackProduced by
Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del NajaWrited by
Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del NajaAbout
“False Flags,” the most overtly political song Massive Attack have done up to this point was inspired by the civil unrest centered around Paris which resulted in fierce rioting in the french capital during October/November 2005. These events inspired 3D in the making of the track as it became a comm...
False Flags Lyrics
[Verse 1: 3D]
In city shoes of clueless blues
Paints the views in no-man's news
Blades will fade from blood sport
The heroin's cut these fuses short
Smokers rode a colonial pig
Drink and frame this pain I think
I'm melting silver poles my dear
You bleed your wings and then disappear
The moving scenes and pilot lights
Smithereens have got 'em scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
And battle lines are drawn cross this town
[Chorus]
Parisian boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Talk them down cause it's up in flames
And nothing's changed
Parisian boys without your names
Riot like 1968 again
The days of rage, yeah nothing's changed
More pretty flames
[Verse 2: 3D]
In school, I would just bite my tongue
And now your words they strike me down
The flags are false and they contradict
They point and click which wounds to lick
On avenues this Christian breeze
Turns it heart to more needles please
Our eyes roll back and we beg for more
It frays this skin and then underscore
The case for war you spin and bleed
The sales you feel screensavers feed
The girls you breed the soaps that you write
The graceless charm of your gutter snipes
The moving scenes and suburbanites
And smithereens got us scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
The battle lines are drawn across this town
[Chorus: 3D]
English boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Hearts and minds and US Planes
Nothing's changed
And English boys without your names
Riot like the 1980s again
The days of rage, yeah nothing's changed
More pretty flames
[Outro: 3D]
Where do we go from here—ere
False Flags Q&A
Who wrote False Flags's ?
False Flags was written by Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del Naja.
Who produced False Flags's ?
False Flags was produced by Neil Davidge & Robert “3D” del Naja.
When did Massive Attack release False Flags?
Massive Attack released False Flags on Mon Mar 27 2006.
What did Massive Attack say about "False Flags"?
3D on False Flags [The Independent Newspaper – March 2006]:
And we had another track called False Flags which was more political and, again, quite simple and it was written around the time of the riots around France. Again it was sitting around, we were thinking about maybe putting it online, y’kno...