Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Comply/Resist, artist - Propagandhi. Date of issue: 28.09.2017
Song language: English
Comply/Resist |
| Circa 1992, Hitchens faxed his copy through |
| As «Regards Columbus Day» |
| If you’ll permit me the conceit of a posthumous critique |
| I’ll paraphrase: |
| «My colorful, exotic friend |
| Respectable, well spoken |
| Unlike the rest of them |
| As you know, I’m color-blind and you’re a credit to your kind |
| This silly talk of resurgence, ceremony, communion with |
| An unconquered natural world |
| Tell me, where is your gratitude for all we’ve done for you? |
| This paradise, Eden, empire, kingdom |
| This boundless epoch we’ve bestowed |
| Upon your savage, empty lands |
| Well, of course mistakes were made |
| But as far as human progress goes |
| Welcome to a slightly higher plane |
| Of innovation and opportunity |
| For your trampled communities |
| The treaties that we broke |
| The lands that we filched |
| The settlements put to the torch |
| The children we abused |
| All for your own good, of course |
| It happens to be the way history has been made |
| Don’t go play with a toy gun or change lanes without signalling |
| Don’t comply, don’t resist |
| 'Cause it don’t make no difference |
| Comply? |
| Resist? |
| No difference |
| Resist? |
| Comply? |
| You die |
| The funny names you give your kids |
| The silly ways you do your hair |
| The jungle music that you blare |
| We snicker and we sneer, for they do not revere |
| The incessant gadgetry we incessantly deploy |
| To incessantly extract and incessantly destroy |
| You don’t worship us |
| Oh, why don’t you worship us? |
| Resist? |
| Comply? |
| You die" |