Let Them Eat Thomas Paine

[Intro]
It's as simple as fear, as disturbing as hate, it's as fragile as humility
It's the way that we deal with what we truly feel
About everything we see
Rally 'round a cage or act your age
Like age-old messages scratched forever in a prison wall
We know what we're capable of, but we don't seem to care at all
Rally 'round a cage and don't make a fuss
Rally 'round a cage, who am I if I'm not aware that I'm one of us?
It's a question of trust

[Verse 1]
Rally 'round a cage
Cringe at the paper, then place the blame on "these days"
As if we don't know what we've seen
Unless we view it on the big screen

[Verse 2]
Understand it's not getting better and it's growing outside
A price paid in full for the conscience that lied
All the billboards in the world can't cover our eyes
I don't understand

[Refrain]
Don't tread on me
Don't tread on me

[Verse 3]
But we act like we didn't know
Then kids shoot kids or community defies its role
Then of course it's everyone's fault
Except for anyone we might know

[Verse 4]
Tell me, are the colors of the flag much prettier to see
When viewed from the requisite comfort of the knees?
We're the loyal little chorus still singing out "please"
I can't understand

[Refrain]
Don't tread on me
Don't tread on me

[Bridge]
One little, two little, three little pink slips, four
Where family values are a value most can't afford
Rally 'round a cage to the new hit songs
Rally 'round a cage called "How could we be wrong?"
Rally 'round a cage
Come on, do the goosestep to a state subsidized sing along

[Verse 5]
With one side yanking a line called damage control
While groaning 'cause they feel that the national razor went dull
But the other is a place we call home
Where solidarity's seldom shown
Where taxes paid is like getting spayed
To a dog with a thrift store bone

[Outro]
This isn't me
This isn't me
This isn't me, it couldn't be
This isn't me
This isn't me, it couldn't be
This isn't me
This isn't me, it couldn't be
This isn't me