Flag Lyrics
This place stinks of old wars
Subservience, semi-final defeats
God and flags
Pulling your mask down for a fag
You’re a musty relic
Hiding behind that tatty sheet, shouting, screaming, getting pulled back by your mates. Stamping on cans, raw neck in the sun. Dog water on tap
What even are you?
You’ve been had mate
The Italian Job is on, sit down, shut up, quote the funnies, laugh at the foreigns, drink yer tea, tell the kids everything is shit these days
Wave yer fucking flag, wave yer fucking flag, WAVE YER FUCKING FLAG
Feel powerful, feel proud
Subjects oh subjects, we used to be this, we used to be that, and we want it back
But no-one is jealous, no-one cares, so wheel it all out
Break that emergency glass, parade forever, make it meaningless
Bow down to that tatty flag. But what does it mean? What does it mean?
WAVE YER FUCKING FLAG
You still hate your fucking neighbour, the clothes you wear are foreign anyway, expensive or cheap and your car is German and it's nice, good runner, decent mileage, reliable…
The other town down the road are all inbred you said, they all talk funny don’t they - fucking weirdos - Oh and That London eh, don’t get me started, what a shithole ey, ey, ey?!
You’re fucking broken, your head's gone
Imagine some good old days you think existed, we deserve better than this…
BLUE BLOOD STILL RUNS RED
Privilege won’t save you
Eton won’t save you
People who speak Latin WILL NOT save you
That stiff upper lip will crumble, THAT silver spoon will be sold, you’ll be forgotten
You’re nothing to them, NOTHING
Stop falling for their bullshit
Throw those plastic chairs, puff out your chest, rule Bri-fucking-tannia, rule those foreign fucking waves, you can’t even swim straight - armbands on - yer getting dragged down, yer drowning in it all, DROWNING IN IT ALL
That flag won’t protect you forever, it’ll sink, it looks worn, the colours are running, wasn’t even made here
It’s all a lie
This isn’t politics, you’re just holding a flag, you’re just a fucking pole
Wave yer fucking flag
Wave your flag
WAVE. YOUR. FLAG