I Abstain — Napalm Death

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, put 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 patronised. 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.

I abstain ! Don't be colonial slave. Don't substantiate the act.