Half Mast cover by Refused (The E.P. Compilation 1997), original by Born Against
[Intro]
madjive acoustic cover replaces the whole intro with Eb
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[Verse 1]
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When freedom is in hiding from morality
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when you've finally scrubbed this great land clean
of the values you hold in such high esteem
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When you've finally divorced the numbers from the names
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we can return to your good old days bound and gagged by sex and race
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chained by family crazed by god while
[Chorus]
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We raise the flag shout down the past
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the stars and stripes stream by at half mast
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your eyes well up with tears and yeah so do mine
[Verse 2]
B
I never knew
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The high price of hypocrisy you pledge allegiance to the death penalty
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believe in your drug war bow down to the TV set
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you need to cultivate that apathy
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That swells inside your troat
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That swells inside your troat
[Chorus]
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We raise the flag shout down the past
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the stars and stripes stream by at half mast
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your eyes well up with tears and yeah so do mine
[Outro]
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half mast, dehumanized
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half mast, divided
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half mast, overloaded
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half mast, who the fuck cares
so long as you can sleep well under the iron fist
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