Decoy Lyrics - Good Riddance

well i thought we'd arrived at a tract in our history 

where we'd fought every endeavor we could fight 

yet i shuddered with grim preconception 

as the cannonade erupted into light 

and my ocular gaze lay dehiscent 

it seemed that i could not look away 

and every god fearing son was a patriot 

and victory remained elusive 

just one bomb away 

oh yeah one bomb away 

and they say that customs will reconcile people 

to any atrocity - (George Bernard Shaw) 

from dachau to belfast to baghdad 

from sea to shining sea 

and they say that when fascism crosses our borders 

it'll be wrapped up in a shroud 

glowing red, white, and blue 

and our rectors they say will explain it away 

as the ravings of a passionate few 

well i happened to visit a slaughterhouse 

where cessation's redolence rose to the sky 

and propitious creatures await a most virulent fate 

which their pacific demeanor belies 

it was a place i don't care to return to 

whose chambers compassion would not recognize 

where slaughter is sanctification 

and humanity covers it's eyes 

covers it's eyes 

my country 'tis of thee 

sweet land of liberty 

of thee i sing of thee i sing 

i don't want to be a patriot 

if being a patriot means being like you