Raise the Banner
Unveiling the Hypocrisy: Raise the Banner with King Prawn
Lyrics
So now who be the terrorist? Raise your right fist
Questioning the identity of the terrorist and urging people to raise their fists in solidarity.
And pump it in the air 'cause it ain't too clear.
Encouraging a symbolic gesture of resistance, expressing uncertainty about the situation.
Just where the line is drawn to make this war,
Uncertainty about the boundaries drawn for the war, questioning its justification.
Everybody's got to settle a score.
Everyone is involved in settling personal scores in the context of the war.
Tit for tat, rat-a-tat-tat,
Describing a cycle of revenge and violence.
Now another mother's gonna dress in black.
Anticipating the mourning of mothers due to conflict-related deaths.
Demonize with these holy lies,
Criticizing the use of false religious justifications to demonize the enemy.
While the propagandist still fuels the fire.
Pointing out the role of propagandists in fueling the fire of conflict.
And they're rolling, rolling, burning black tire,
Describing the destructive consequences of conflict, with burning tires symbolizing chaos.
See another face staring through the razor wire.
Highlighting the faces of individuals trapped behind razor wire, witnessing the conflict.
Deprived but still they will kill,
Referring to deprived individuals who are still willing to kill in the war.
Soldiers entering at their own peril.
Warning that soldiers are entering the war at their own risk.
Cause sticks and stones will break some bones,
Emphasizing the violent nature of conflict with the phrase "sticks and stones."
And send soldiers in body bags back home.
Anticipating casualties with soldiers returning home in body bags.
While the war machine is kept so clean,
Criticizing the sanitized image of the war machine presented on TV.
With self approved pics on the TV screen.
Pointing out the self-approved images of war on television screens.
Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
Encouraging the raising of a banner in response to the hypocrisy of war.
Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
-So now tell me the cost of another life lost,
Questioning the value assigned to a human life lost in the war.
Or does this sense of worth come down to birth?
Exploring whether one's worth is determined by birth in the context of war.
Cause the eye will see what it chooses to see,
Highlighting selective perception and ignorance towards hypocrisy.
Forever ignorant to the hypocrisy,
Commenting on the perpetual ignorance of hypocrisy.
And the money that's given for buying all the weapons
Criticizing the allocation of money for weapons rather than addressing social issues.
Just to make sure that some enemy's smitten.
-If you keep 'em locked down in your human zoo,
Warning about the potential consequences when oppressing a group of people.
You better watch out when they turn on you.
-Targeted assassination,
Describing targeted assassination with figures moving in formation.
Figures in the night moving in formation,
Anticipating more bloodshed despite the thrill of targeted killings.
In for the kill, in for the thrill,
-But it ain't gonna be the last blood spilt.
-Cause if you take a look into your own back yard,
Advising introspection and acknowledging one's own responsibility in the conflict.
Then you're gonna find yourself at the start.
-So who be the terrorist? Sounds the propagandist
Questioning the credibility of those labeling others as terrorists.
With their big mouths they wanna discredit.
-Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
Repeated calls to raise the banner against hypocrisy in the face of war.
Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
-Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
-Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
-Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
-Raise the banner to the sound of the hypocrites.
Final repetition, emphasizing the need to respond to the hypocrisy surrounding war.
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