Welcome to the Occupation

Cold War Kids * Track #5 On Loyalty to Loyalty

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Album Loyalty to Loyalty

ALBUM

Cold War Kids

2008

Welcome to the Occupation by Cold War Kids

Release Date

Tue Sep 23 2008

Performed by

Cold War Kids

Produced by

Jonathan Russell & Matt Maust & Kevin Augunas & Nathan Willett & Matt Aveiro

Writed by

Jonathan Russell & Matt Maust & Nathan Willett & Matt Aveiro

About

Nathan Willet states in an interview that this song is autobiographical.

I was a doing student teaching right before we started touring, and that song is about teaching as a public institution that is kind of owned by the state, and the feelings of an artist trying to break out of that situation.

Welcome to the Occupation Lyrics

Whistle blowers gotta get outta school
They don't want poets, they want pigeons on a stool
You're examining fossils, defending criminals
I'm clock watching, getting dumb
Photographing models a house painter's solace
I'm like sisyphus in the sun

And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation

The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain

Whistle blowers, we know how you feel
Public servants surrender their free will
But you can't be in politics and work in the circus
You have to choose just one
You hold the nail, I'll swing the hammer
That's how things get done

But goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks
Goodbye valedictorians, goodbye punks

And I give up
Raising your kids America
You treat 'em like an obligation
Welcome to the occupation

The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
He's got your gold watch and chain
The devil's in the details, devil's in the details
Got your gold watch and chain

Welcome to the Occupation Q&A

Who wrote Welcome to the Occupation's ?

Welcome to the Occupation was written by Jonathan Russell & Matt Maust & Nathan Willett & Matt Aveiro.

Who produced Welcome to the Occupation's ?

Welcome to the Occupation was produced by Jonathan Russell & Matt Maust & Kevin Augunas & Nathan Willett & Matt Aveiro.