Throw Your Weight

**VERSE I** Pressed suit, clean hands Standing where the cameras burn Throw your weight across the map Watch another city learn Polished teeth, iron tongue Every border needs a grave Wrap the hunger in a flag Call obedience brave **PRE-CHORUS** You flex They bleed You point They leave You name the dead A victory **CHORUS** THROW YOUR WEIGHT THROW YOUR WEIGHT FROM A ROOM YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE BEAT THE DRUM RAISE THE GUN GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO BELIEVE NO GOD IN THE BORDER NO BLOOD IN THE SOIL NO FLAG EVER SUFFERED NO NATION EVER BLED ONLY PEOPLE ONLY PEOPLE ONLY PEOPLE END UP DEAD **VERSE II** Medals shine beneath the lights Engines waiting underneath Every anthem needs a mouth Every empire needs its teeth Flex your arms Clench your fist Make the little cameras shake --- --- **BREAKDOWN** YOUR WAR YOUR WORDS OUR DEAD YOUR LINE YOUR LAND OUR DEAD YOUR PRIDE YOUR FLAG OUR DEAD **NO MORE.** **BRIDGE — HALF TIME** I won’t hate a stranger You taught me to fear I won’t kill a stranger To keep your borders clear You can dress it up in glory You can sanctify the ground But underneath the anthem— **IT’S THE SAME DAMN SOUND.** **FINAL CHORUS** THROW YOUR WEIGHT THROW YOUR WEIGHT LET THE WHOLE MACHINE REVEAL ALL THAT STEEL ALL THAT PRIDE JUST TO MAKE THE POWER FEEL NO GOD IN THE BORDER NO BLOOD IN THE SOIL NO FLAG EVER SUFFERED NO NATION EVER BLED ONLY PEOPLE ONLY PEOPLE **ONLY PEOPLE END UP DEAD.**