Gluttony at the heart of me
Famed worldwide for catastrophe
We tell ourselves we won the race
We delete, deny and cover all traceOur pride blinds us to stupidity
Attitudes towards us have no validity
Hide behind our mask of virtue
Whilst sins run amok underneath our statueRun and Hide our name Precedes us
our array of voices merely degrade us
We beat the lobster back to the sea
lest we forget, genocide while they fleaFor we were one but gained another
we fought our brother, disregard our mother
If this is appealing come join me
bask in my ignorance, my gluttony
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$\begingroup$ "Procedes" or "Precedes"? $\endgroup$– McMagisterCommented Dec 9, 2014 at 13:45
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$\begingroup$ @McMagister Thank you for picking up on that it has been corrected $\endgroup$– OblongamousCommented Dec 9, 2014 at 13:46
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$\begingroup$ "flea" or "flee"? flea is an insect, flee is to run away. $\endgroup$– AlmoCommented Dec 9, 2014 at 16:37
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$\begingroup$ Maybe it's only because I'm American, but ... this seems a little unnecessarily mean-spirited. $\endgroup$– Matt MaloneCommented Dec 14, 2014 at 4:33
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1$\begingroup$ @MattMalone Please I implore you, do not take offense but if you believe it to be mean spirited fair enough. Unfortunately what I have written is the truth! Its not just because the country is a bit lame $\endgroup$– OblongamousCommented Dec 14, 2014 at 7:58
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America?
Gluttony at the heart of me
America is famous for its consumerism
Famed worldwide for catastrophe
Also famous for invading foreign countries/toppling their governments
We tell ourselves we won the race
Americans won the space race, the cold war. Also, the famous "Mission Accomplished" banner and speech on the war on terror
We delete, deny and cover all trace
NSA covert activities?
Our pride blinds us to stupidity
American exceptionalism
Attitudes towards us have no validity Hide behind our mask of virtue
Americans believe strongly in the virtues of liberty and democracy
Whilst sins run amok underneath our statue
Statue of Liberty. The sins are probably to do with the hypocrisy of toppling democracies that don't support the West, while claiming to support democracy.
We beat the lobster back to the sea
Lobster refers to British soldiers
lest we forget, genocide while they flea
Genocide of the native Americans
For we were one but gained another we fought our brother, disregard our mother
Brother refers to either Canada or the Confederates, mother is Britain. "Gained another" could refer to Hawaii or Alaska.
answered Dec 9, 2014 at 15:57