Burning Flag
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| Song by Marilyn Manson | ||
| Album | Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) | |
| Released | November 13, 2000 | |
| Recorded | 1999–2000 at the Mansion in Death Valley, California | |
| Genre | Alternative metal | |
| Length | 3:21 | |
| Label | Nothing, Interscope | |
| Writer | Marilyn Manson | |
| Composer | Twiggy Ramirez, John 5 | |
| Producer | Marilyn Manson, Dave Sardy | |
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"Burning Flag" is the fourteenth track on the 2000 release Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
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[edit] Analysis
"sell it out, buy it up, dumb it down - a good god is hard to find." A high-octane Motorhead-ish charger, scarred and embittered. "I'll join the crowd that wants to see me dead - right now I feel I belong for the first time," remarks Manson dryly. With a solid shot at America's simultaneous adoration and discarding of Our Kids ("Let's hear it for the kids/but nothing they say") the band once again raises the collective banner of Us and You vs. Them - "We are all just scarred and we're hating/ we are all just stars on your burning flag."
[edit] Appearances
[edit] Albums
[edit] Versions
- Burning Flag — Appears on Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death).
[edit] Bootlegs
10/27/2000 - Minneapolis, MN/Orpheum Theatre
10/28/2000 - Milwaukee, WI/Eagles Ballroom
10/30/2000 - St. Louis, MO/Fox Theatre
10/31/2000 - Kansas City, MO/International Raceway
11/11/2000 - Sunrise, Florida/Sunrise Theatre
11/16/2000 - Philadelphia, PA/The Electric Ballroom
11/18/2000 - Toronto, Ontario/Massey Hall
11/19/2000 - Rochester, NY/Blue Cross Arena
11/21/2000 - Fairfax, VA/Patriot Center
11/22/2000 - Lowell, MA/Tsongas Arena
11/24/2000 - New York, NY/Hammerstein Ballroom
11/25/2000 - New York, NY/Hammerstein Ballroom
11/28/2000 - Detroit, MI/State Theatre
12/01/2000 - Madison, WI/Dane County Coliseum
12/02/2000 - Chicago, IL/UIC Pavilion
12/04/2000 - Indianapolis, IL/Murat Centre
12/08/2000 - Cleveland, OH/CSU Arena
12/09/2000 - Pittsburgh, PA/Mellon Arena
12/15/2000 - San Antonio, TX/Freeman Coliseum
[edit] Lyrics
They want to sell it out
buy it up
and dumb it down
a good god is hard to find
I'll join the crowd that
wants to see me dead
right now I feel I belong
for the first time
multiply your death
divide by sex
add up the violence and
what do you get?
We are all just stars and we're waiting
We are all just scarred and we're hating
We are all just stars on your burning flag
you can point your gun at me
and hope it will go away
but if god was alive,
he would hate you anyway
my right wing is flapping
the left one is gray
let's hear it for the kids but
nothing they say
they gyrate and G-rate
on Election Day
we got out ABC's and our F U C K
multiply your death
divide by sex
add up the violence and
what do you get?
We are all just stars and we're waiting
We are all just scarred and we're hating
We are all just stars on your burning flag
you can point your gun at me
and hope it will go away
but if god was alive,
he would hate you anyway
