Dillinger Four Let Them Eat Thomas Paine Lyrics

Let Them Eat Thomas Paine Lyrics

It? 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 the old methods we scratched forever in a prison wall 



We know what we can't ignore 



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 



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 



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 



Don't tread on me 



But we act like we didn't know 



Then kids shoot kids or community defies its role 



Then it's everyone's fault except for anyone we might know 



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 



Don't tread on me 



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 



C'mon do the goose step to a state-subsidized sing-along 



With one side yanking a line called damage control 



While groaning 'cause they felt 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 a spade to a dog with a thrift store bone 



This isn't me 



It couldn't be 



This isn't me 



It will never be