The Thermals – God And Country

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pray for a new age
pray for information
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe

pray for a new state
pray for communication
i can hope, see
even if i don't believe

and
i believe
i think
i don't know

history will show
our progress is slow
when we win
we win in inches

the future deaf
so the few left
will need a fist
when no one will listen

know where we stand
know we pay the man
it's my flag
it's my flag

know i'm not kneeling
know what i'm feeling
my god above
or total lack of

but
i lack...

i think...
i don't know

my faith is barren
i don't believe the prayer
and it's not a sin
and it's not opinion

know i'm a man
know where i stand
in an affront
to god and country

pray for a new state
pray for assassination
i can hope, see?
even if i don't believe

and
i believe
i think

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Track duration: 02:16

"God and Country" as written by Hutch Harris, Kathleen Foster, Jordan Hudson

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    General Comment:When we win we win in inches.


    HOLY CRAP. I rewind and play rewind and play that line. Intense.

    It's my flag
    It's my flag

    The government listens to me, I run the government, I am above the man, they can't control us if we don't allow ourselves to fall under the illusion that we are less powerful than the people we elect.

    BAM.YES.

    wow....it just amps me up. I wanna go protest shit and what not....





    Flag SuperShelbyon November 20, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think its pretty clearly about his resentment that the government has a christian agenda.
    Flag ilikethethermalson April 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:Me neither. I guess their new album out in August is way more political than their first two.
    Flag TonyInPortlandon May 28, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I first paid attention to the lyrics on my last birthday, Nov. 4, 2004. As I was mulling over the early b-day present I'd been given two nights earlier, let's just say screaming along with these lyrics at the top of my lungs as i herded my car down the road was very cathartic.

    Special note to the Secret Service, or anyone who might see this courtesy of Echelon or whatever else is out there:

    I do not endorse any form of actual violence towards the US government or its officeholders ;)
    Flag jeffeljefeon June 01, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of the few songs they do that is pretty straightforward. They are asking for an end to the current political situation and suggesting it may be difficult to get out of.

    "pray for a new state
    pray for assassination
    i can hope, see? "

    That would help I guess.
    Flag TonyInPortlandon March 26, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:I think this song means to think for oneself in America. The song title suggests the relationship between church and state in America... And how we need to change the state? It's also got a pessimistic outlook on humans... "
    history will show
    our progress is slow
    when we win
    we win in inches"
    Flag Danitaon February 06, 2005   Link

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