"Red Socks in the Square"

Intro: "Y’know… they told us it couldn’t happen here. But history don’t die, sweetheart— It just learns to walk again in shiny new boots..." Verse 1 – Saw the boys in the red, standin’ straight like storm troopers Salutes in the daylight, flags made of noose rope Say it’s ‘mercy’—but it bite like a noose They burn the books while they scream "GOD AND COUNTRY!" Like the Reich once did, 'cross the frozen Rhine Now it’s Bible and blood on CNN time They point at the poor, the brown, the queer— “THEY’RE the reason your paycheck disappeared!” Sound familiar, mama? Sound familiar, dad? Chorus – I: THEY’RE LIFTIN’ THAT ARM IN A DREAM FROM THE PAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: CROWDS CHEERIN’ LIES TILL THE TRUTH’S BEEN OUTCAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: SAME STENCH IN THE AIR— LIKE '38 BERLIN SQUARE! Crowd: SAY IT LOUD— I + Crowd: THIS AIN’T AMERICA—THIS IS FASCIST PRAYER! Verse 2 – They call it "patriot" when they call you a traitor They call it "freedom" while they lock kids in cages They wave the Constitution like a curtain of paper While they burn the courts like heretic pages The radio screams—no facts, just rage “THEY’RE COMING FOR YOUR GUNS!”—well, they just passed the new bills, same hands pullin’ the stage Like Goebbels did, with his silver tongue, sugarin’ hate Now it’s Tucker and Carlson on your feed, same script, same fate Bridge – I seen propaganda dressed up like a preacher I seen fear sold in a shiny red cap I seen a nation drunk on revenge and cheap beer While they gaslight the past—and steal the map... The Jews didn’t see it comin’ in '33… The Roma, the gays, the socialists— They said “It won’t reach me.” Now they’re diggin’ the ditches… AND YOU STILL SAY “IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE”? LOOK AT THEIR EYES—THEY’RE ALREADY THERE! Chorus – I: THEY’RE LIFTIN’ THAT ARM IN A DREAM FROM THE PAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: CROWDS CHEERIN’ LIES TILL THE TRUTH’S BEEN OUTCAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: SAME STENCH IN THE AIR— LIKE '38 BERLIN SQUARE! I + Crowd: THIS AIN’T AMERICA—THIS IS FASCIST PRAYER! Verse 3 – Now the brownshirts wear polo shirts and lies Meet at the courthouse, scan the skies for “the enemy” They say “We’re saving you!” while they take your rights Like Hitler’s fist—just repackaged in red, white, and greed! They scapegoat the sick, the immigrant, the poor And the rich just laugh while they storm the door History hums in the undertone— You either fight it... or carry it home! Final Chorus – I: THEY’RE LIFTIN’ THAT ARM IN A DREAM FROM THE PAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: CROWDS CHEERIN’ LIES TILL THE TRUTH’S BEEN OUTCAST! Crowd: NA NA NA NA! I: SAME STENCH IN THE AIR— LIKE '38 BERLIN SQUARE! I + Crowd THIS AIN’T AMERICA—THIS IS FASCIST PRAYER! Outro – “First they came for the Jews… And I said nothin’. Now they’re comin’ for us… And the entire goddamn choir is singin’ along…”