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Patriot Child

from Patriot Child by Lilou & John

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"Patriot Child" was called "The Making of a Skin" before the name was changed to the title it has today. John wrote the song to describe his own childhood fury and is basically a new version of the old father-and-mother killing story. The idea was to describe the huge anger that turned boys in the 1980s into skinheads and that made them direct their anger against what they perceived as a petty-bourgeoisie society that gave them nothing but trouble and a place at the bottom of society. The song was re-written on several occasions to pinpoint the rejection of middle class values by the revolutionary wing of the modern far right in an attempt to describe the emotional core of the meme culture.

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Of course you’re angry child
They beat you down every second you try to breathe
Choke you with hypocrisy, treason and guilt
Steal your time and life for you still have a soul
Cover your eyes so you see what you’re told

Of course you’re angry child
They tell you be well mannered when they’re so bad
They are full of bullshit got halos instead
Everyone knows they don’t care about you
They won’t let you live cause the moment they do

You are gonna shut them up
You are gonna shut them up

Of course you’re angry child
They say you be ashamed when they are cowards and wrong
A slave collar shows you just where you belong
Patriot child, your voice is a crime
You won’t pretend that subjection is fine

Of course you’re angry child
They sell your every pound of flesh for one glass of wine
They can beat you deaf child, but never beat you blind
You will not give in to the powerful and rich
Deep state, fake news, the pimp and the bitch

You are gonna shut them up
You are gonna shut them up

You took the pill
At Charlottesville
But who did pay
For Lefty’s guns at Mandalay?
Yeah who will pay?

Of course you’re angry child
You pick up your guitar and go right out in the street
Singing your guts out ”retreat, hell retreat”
They try to kill you we’ve seen this before
Murderers calling their murders a chore
Victims accused of oppressing the poor
Innocent victims of their holy war

You are gonna shut them up
You are gonna shut them up
You are gonna shut them up
You are gonna shut them up

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from Patriot Child, released January 1, 2018

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