anthem

who writes the anthems while the artists wait tables
who cares to hear them when the country's unstable
how can they start a revolution when no one believes in war
why create an army if we don't know what we're fighting for

which way did freedom go?
i think i missed the ride
free passes to the new world
where it's free to die inside
we call it abandon, we say we're a new way
and here we are laughing as we burn

fiddle away and i'll strike a pose

we have neither friend, nor foe
who invites the bully to dance?
but we all just wanted a chance
for freedom
the will to choose

beat your drum to bring in peace
and get shot down when you've got nothing to say
the bullets don't stop for fuzzy ideals.
the anthems are gone.
who lost our way?