[Verse 1]
Gold pens sign in a smoke-filled room
Thick suits grin with their teeth half gone
Red tape wrapped like a tourniquet
On every throat that ever coughed “hold on”
They trade your hope for a headline quote
Auction off truth in a hotel bar
Shake your hand with a poison thumb
Say “you’re free” while they steal your scars
[Chorus]
Teeth in the flag
They’re biting down
Blood on the seal
It’s leaking now
Kiss the ring or you’re cast out
Teeth in the flag
They’re feeding
Teeth in the flag
Still feeding (hey!)
[Verse 2]
Black cars glide through a crowd gone numb
Glass eyes stare at the talking mouths
Ink runs dry on the dead man’s form
But the bills keep fattening in the south
You raise your voice
They raise the rent
Build new walls from your old paychecks
Smile on screen
Call it “order kept”
While they slip chains ‘round your necks
[Chorus]
Teeth in the flag
They’re biting down
Blood on the seal
It’s leaking now
Kiss the ring or you’re cast out
Teeth in the flag
They’re feeding
Teeth in the flag
Still feeding
[Bridge]
You hear that laugh in the marble halls?
You feel that crack in the courthouse floor?
If every lie is a loaded gun
How many bodies till they want more? (want more)
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Teeth in the flag
They’re biting down
Blood on the seal
It’s leaking now
Raise your fist
Spit it back out
Teeth in the flag
We’re bleeding
Teeth in the flag
Still feeding (hey!)