Quarantine

By Flobots

On NOENEMIES

Released on May 5, 2017

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[Verse 1: Brer Rabbit]

Circle up, circle up

Civil servant serpents

Peace we demanding to serve it up

Stirrups on our certainty

The tide will turn, we're turning up

We're turning tides, no turning us

The tide is high, the term is up

And don't look now, the surf is up

The surge is us

When the sickness is pervasive

'Cause I can see the sails of conquistadors and slave ships

The vectors lie adjacent

And spread by our complacence

Our media rephrases their pain as entertainment

Cuz fire and the flame is old claims exasperation

And by subtle name, the slave is just an entertainer

And the field and stage are gauges of containment

The streets change to graves

When the titans clash

To reinstate their status

Hate us, but no, we're not stopping

Could not be flummoxed by lynch mob of hobgoblins

So bring your mastodons and man-o'-wars

Dodge them like a matador

We at the door of corporate greed

We're calling up a quarantine


[Chorus: Brer Rabbit]

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken


[Verse 2: Johnny 5]

This is live from the center of the hive

You left an open wound, now we're spilling out the sides

The hornet and the wasps fly united in the storm

We'll look back on this moment as the moment we were born

Let it be known

To crush the demons of the past

We stand together now, raise an army from the ash

We call upon whoever hears the message to react

Then, all as one, we smash the gears of death and push it back

Now if you only feel it one time, bet you felt it now

Women, children, frontline, platinum melted it down

Eyes dripping milk as they try to smoke us out

We can see the sunshine behind the funnel clouds

So heed the science, we are spiritually defiant

Seeking everything we've never had by severing compliance

Combine it with a heavenly alliance, reunited

No longer keeping silent, we've awoken sleeping giants


[Chorus: Brer Rabbit]

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken

We need a quarantine

This ancient war machine is broken

War machine is broken, broken