Comply/Resist

Lyrics

[Verse 1] 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: [Verse 2] "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, your kind [Verse 3] 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? [Pre-Chorus 1] This paradise, Eden Empire, kingdom [Verse 4] 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 [Pre-Chorus 2] Of innovation and opportunity For your trampled communities [Verse 5] 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 [Pre-Chorus 3] It happens to be the way History has been made [Chorus 1] Don't go play with a toy gun Or change lanes without signaling Don't comply, don't resist 'Cause it don't make no difference [Refrain] Comply, resist? No difference Resist, comply? You die [Verse 7] 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 [Chorus 2] The incessant gadgetry We incessantly deploy To incessantly extract And incessantly destroy You don't worship us Oh why don't you worship us? [Refrain] Resist, comply? You die"