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I abstain!

Summon my pride?

What? Pride behind your blinkered eyes?

Your vigilance is shit

"The lads together" - You'll fall!

Smug complacency

Notions of reserving the right to think with your fists

I abstain from this mundane apathy

Committed to "all for red, white and blue"

In effect you're fighting for what's really fighting you

"Grit those teeth, push out those chests"

Tears only for the flag

Always the brave patriot as you slip to second class

But you stand steadfast?

People are not subjects

Why should the few get more respect?

Open your eyes!

Imperialism feeds off you

Not patrons but patronized

Open your eyes!

They're shaping you

You're trapped with "pomp and circumstance"

Lose your discretion

Soon, you'll not fall from grace

Endorse their rhetoric

You fade, they prosper

They're shaping you

You're trapped with "pomp and circumstance"

Lose your discretion

Soon, you'll not fall from grace

Endorse their rhetoric

You fade, they prosper

I abstain!

Don't be a colonial slave

Don't substantiate the act