Kevin Curtin interviews The Well’s Ian Graham for The Austin Chronicle, 12 Oct 2016:
That key track opens with Graham’s wailing pledge of allegiance, “One nation to follow me dowwwwwnnnn,” before kicking into a battle march of drill-pressed proto-metal riffs. Lyrics detail a coming battle, and read...
One nation to follow me down
One nation to see me drown
I see the coming wars
Land of contradiction
Spitting fire, love my ilk
Let us pray
Don the tailored uniforms
Of intimidation
Shake the hand and kiss the prude
Come what may
Know you chase the unicorn
Temperature keeps rising
Words that shine from silver tongues
Turn this way
But if they were to rise?
I see the coming wars
Land of contradiction
Spitting fire, love my ilk
Let us pray
Bonded by a common goal
Just beyond your eyelids
Sleeping arrows never fly
Tend to burn
Who will take the beggar's bowl
Drinking down the poison
Love keeps it from the throne
Peace restored; gather fee
And if they were to rise?
But if they were to rise?
One nation to follow me down
One nation to see me drown
The Well released One Nation on Fri Oct 14 2016.