Comply/Resist
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Circa 1992, Hitchens faxed his copy through
As Regards Columbus Day
And if you'll permit me the conceit of a posthumous critique
I'll paraphrase
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
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?
This paradise
Eden
Empire
Kingdom
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
Of innovation and opportunity
For your trampled communities
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
It just happens to be the way
History has been made
Just don't play with a toy gun
Or change lanes without signalling
Don't comply, don't resist
'Cause it don't make no difference
Comply? Resist?
No difference
Resist? Comply?
You die
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
The incessant gadgetry we incessantly deploy
To incessantly extract and incessantly destroy
You don't worship us away
Don't you worship us? Oh
Resist? Comply?
You die
As Regards Columbus Day
And if you'll permit me the conceit of a posthumous critique
I'll paraphrase
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
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?
This paradise
Eden
Empire
Kingdom
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
Of innovation and opportunity
For your trampled communities
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
It just happens to be the way
History has been made
Just don't play with a toy gun
Or change lanes without signalling
Don't comply, don't resist
'Cause it don't make no difference
Comply? Resist?
No difference
Resist? Comply?
You die
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
The incessant gadgetry we incessantly deploy
To incessantly extract and incessantly destroy
You don't worship us away
Don't you worship us? Oh
Resist? Comply?
You die
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:11.14] Circa 1992, Hitchens faxed his copy through
[00:16.07] As Regards Columbus Day
[00:21.11] And if you'll permit me the conceit of a posthumous critique
[00:26.15] I'll paraphrase
[00:28.02]
[00:33.43] My colorful, exotic friend
[00:35.75] Respectable, well spoken
[00:38.98] Unlike the rest of them
[00:43.70] As you know, I'm color-blind and you're a credit to your kind, your kind
[00:50.39]
[00:55.99] This silly talk of resurgence, ceremony, communion with
[01:01.06] An unconquered natural world
[01:04.50] Tell me, where is your gratitude for all we've done for you?
[01:11.60] This paradise
[01:16.29] Eden
[01:18.96] Empire
[01:21.33] Kingdom
[01:22.43]
[01:23.02] This boundless epoch we've bestowed
[01:25.34] Upon your savage, empty lands
[01:27.66] Well, of course mistakes were made
[01:31.90] But as far as human progress goes
[01:34.22] Welcome to a slightly higher plane
[01:38.30] Of innovation and opportunity
[01:42.78] For your trampled communities
[01:47.06] The treaties that we broke
[01:49.54] The lands that we filched
[01:51.51] The settlements put to the torch
[01:56.31] The children we abused
[01:58.39] All for your own good, of course
[02:00.37]
[02:01.99] It just happens to be the way
[02:06.82] History has been made
[02:09.99] Just don't play with a toy gun
[02:12.39] Or change lanes without signalling
[02:14.87] Don't comply, don't resist
[02:16.87] 'Cause it don't make no difference
[02:19.49]
[02:22.95] Comply? Resist?
[02:27.57] No difference
[02:32.29] Resist? Comply?
[02:35.91] You die
[02:37.57] The funny names you give your kids
[02:39.75] The silly ways you do your hair
[02:42.05] The jungle music that you blare
[02:46.71] We snicker and we sneer
[02:48.95] For they do not revere
[02:51.09] The incessant gadgetry we incessantly deploy
[02:55.89] To incessantly extract and incessantly destroy
[03:02.53] You don't worship us away
[03:06.95] Don't you worship us? Oh
[03:12.79] Resist? Comply?
[03:16.47] You die
[03:22.74]
[00:16.07] As Regards Columbus Day
[00:21.11] And if you'll permit me the conceit of a posthumous critique
[00:26.15] I'll paraphrase
[00:28.02]
[00:33.43] My colorful, exotic friend
[00:35.75] Respectable, well spoken
[00:38.98] Unlike the rest of them
[00:43.70] As you know, I'm color-blind and you're a credit to your kind, your kind
[00:50.39]
[00:55.99] This silly talk of resurgence, ceremony, communion with
[01:01.06] An unconquered natural world
[01:04.50] Tell me, where is your gratitude for all we've done for you?
[01:11.60] This paradise
[01:16.29] Eden
[01:18.96] Empire
[01:21.33] Kingdom
[01:22.43]
[01:23.02] This boundless epoch we've bestowed
[01:25.34] Upon your savage, empty lands
[01:27.66] Well, of course mistakes were made
[01:31.90] But as far as human progress goes
[01:34.22] Welcome to a slightly higher plane
[01:38.30] Of innovation and opportunity
[01:42.78] For your trampled communities
[01:47.06] The treaties that we broke
[01:49.54] The lands that we filched
[01:51.51] The settlements put to the torch
[01:56.31] The children we abused
[01:58.39] All for your own good, of course
[02:00.37]
[02:01.99] It just happens to be the way
[02:06.82] History has been made
[02:09.99] Just don't play with a toy gun
[02:12.39] Or change lanes without signalling
[02:14.87] Don't comply, don't resist
[02:16.87] 'Cause it don't make no difference
[02:19.49]
[02:22.95] Comply? Resist?
[02:27.57] No difference
[02:32.29] Resist? Comply?
[02:35.91] You die
[02:37.57] The funny names you give your kids
[02:39.75] The silly ways you do your hair
[02:42.05] The jungle music that you blare
[02:46.71] We snicker and we sneer
[02:48.95] For they do not revere
[02:51.09] The incessant gadgetry we incessantly deploy
[02:55.89] To incessantly extract and incessantly destroy
[03:02.53] You don't worship us away
[03:06.95] Don't you worship us? Oh
[03:12.79] Resist? Comply?
[03:16.47] You die
[03:22.74]