[Intro]
Marching feet on a dead-end road
Same old faces on the same old throne
Paper smiles on a TV glow
Handshakes
Backstabs
Pockets grow
[Verse 1]
You sell the cure
You seed the plague
Golden tongue and an iron cage
Laughing loud in a smoke-filled room
Writing laws like a hired goon
[Chorus]
Rust on the flag
Blood in the well
You dress it up and you call it "order"
Hands on the throat
Grin as we yell
You feed us lies
We pay your mortgage
Rust on the flag
Stain on the vow
You burn the bridge
Then make us drown
Rust on the flag
We see you now
[Verse 2]
You count our fear like a stack of chips
Promise bread with a viper's kiss
Every crisis
Another crown
Build your castle while we break down
[Chorus]
Rust on the flag
Blood in the well
You dress it up and you call it "order"
Hands on the throat
Grin as we yell
You feed us lies
We pay your mortgage
Rust on the flag
Stain on the vow
You burn the bridge
Then make us drown
Rust on the flag
We see you now
[Bridge]
Name on the ballot
Same old beast
Smile for the cameras
Tear up the streets
We are the burden
You are the feast
How long you think
We stay asleep?
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Rust on the flag
Blood in the well
You dress it up and you call it "order"
Hands on the throat
Grin as we yell
You feed us lies
We pay your mortgage
Rust on the flag
Stain on the vow
You burn the bridge
Then make us drown
Rust on the flag
We see you now
[Outro]
[Riff slows
Drums pound]
Tick… tick…
Hear that sound? (hey!)
That’s every promise
Crashing down
Rust on the flag
Tearing the crown
Rust on the flag
We drag you down