I Abstain lyrics

Artist  : Napalm Death 
Song : I Abstain
 
I abstain!
Summon my pride? What pride lies behind 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 steadyfast?
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.