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Stop the apocalypse back in 2012 Flobots – Flokovsky
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Refers to the song “Stop the Apocalypse” on the same album:
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The children of the white flag Flobots – Flokovsky
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‘Refers to the single from Flobots’ sophomore album, White Flag Warrior ft. Tim McIlrath

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Likely refers more towards a white flag being a sign of surrender, and peace. They use this to acknowledge their fans as peaceful like them.

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But invariably, seekers seek clarity
Secrets leak, people retweet like a parakeet Flobots – Run (Run Run Run)
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When a ‘real’ movement happens, however, we can use technology to assist it. The Arab Spring was organized largely on Facebook, and sites like WikiLeaks spread information about themselves using twitter.

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And we can't be hassled by these baffles individuals
Who classify the chicken shit and stick it in their pigeon-holes Jonny 5 (USA) – Make it Change
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Flobots' music often crosses genre lines, which has led to them being listed in several different charts and labels by reviewers. The frustration of this comes out here, saying their critics are ‘baffled’ and make their living by listening to chicken-shit music and putting in pigeon holes (pigeon-holing is narrowing something down to fit a shallow definition, oftentimes robbing it of its uniqueness).

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With every god you worship, never stop wrestling Flobots – Wrestling Israel
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The name “Israel” comes from a phrase that means “Wrestles with God.” Jacob (the Biblical character) earned the name Israel after a wrestling match with an angel.

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or at least provide a bitter release
To those bitterly burned by your followers
Working for Haliburton or totin' Excaliburs Flobots – Wrestling Israel
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He also wishes he had the ability to soothe the suffering of people who’ve been affected by religious violence, both modern (by those who work for Haliburton) and in the past (by those who wielded Excalibur).

Haliburton, of course, is the oil company partially owned by Dick Cheney that profits heavily from wars waged by the United States. Whereas Excalibur was the sword given by God to King Arthur to signify his right to rule Britain as a unified (Christian) nation.

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Excaliburs are also a type of artillery shell manufactured by American Defense Contractor, Raytheon. As of September 2015, 770 have been fired in combat in the middle east, which is also where Haliburton is raking huge oil profits.

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Oh, Also, Incase you missed this, this is a huge reference to the people who actually go to church weekly but still seek forgivness while working for said companies and still “totin' excaliburs” while harming the good natured planet we live on provided by the good (G)od(s).

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No fakin' I'm makin' the Mile-High City Proud
No matter the style Jonny 5 (USA) – Make it Change
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The first line is Jonny 5 representing his city (Denver), while the second references the fact that his band’s music (Flobots) is often difficult classify or assign from a genre perspective.

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Yes we serve, we deserve some peace
And we serve the least versed to reverse
The deep hurt that's featured
Each turn of the sheet of a learned history
Like Wall Street, the Trail of Tears and the War in the Philippines Flobots – Gonna Be Free
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There are some parts of history that American students don’t learn in school because they make their country look bad. In particular, modern Wall Street, The Trail of Tears, and the Philippine-American War are examples of downright cruelty on the path to ‘Manifest Destiny.’

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Won't fall victim to the Gordian Knot Flobots – Gonna Be Free
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The Gordian Knot is an element of the legend surrounding Alexander the Great. Sources differ, but in all cases Alexander untied an impossible knot to claim his kingdom’s legitimacy by cutting through it.

In popular speech, a ‘Gordian Knot’ is an impossible problem that can be circumvented by thinking outside the box. In the case of the Flobots, they’d like to avoid being one of the sheep of civilization, so they cut out using their music.

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He, in legend, cut said knot with a sword, making this annotation applicable to the first half of the next line if it’s changed slightly to mention said sword.

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I'm composting primitive thoughts
And prayers what we want most Flobots – Gonna Be Free
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Composting in its literal sense is the act of leaving discarded food and certain other garbage out to decompose with the intent of using it as fertilizer. It’s considered an environmentally friendly way yo dispose of certain trash, something the Flobots would be very much in favor of.

In addition, Jonny 5’s “Rhyme of the Day” series in 2010 contains a rap in which he talks about composting outdated ideas and lets them decompose to fertilize new ones. In the video, he literally writes down harmful thoughts and puts them in with his compost at his home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5FZ1DIgiP8

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