[Intro]
Buy the fear
Wear the brand
Wave the cloth
Forget the land

[Verse]
They sell you a flag in a plastic wrap
They sell you a war in a baseball cap
They sell you a border on a coffee mug
They sell you a villain and call it love

Every loud patriot with a coupon code
Has a warehouse full of panic on the side of the road
They don’t love the country, they love the sale
They love when the frightened put coins in the pail

[Pre-Chorus]
She follows the money
It glitters like knives
A million little slogans
Feeding off lives

[Chorus]
Flag merchants
Selling rage by the yard
Flag merchants
Making hatred look hard
Flag merchants
Counting cash in the smoke
They wrap you in colors
Then they tighten the rope

[Verse]
A screen in the diner says buy before dawn
The enemy’s coming, the discount is on
A preacher of profit with a microphone jaw
Says freedom is shipping with a limited draw

She meets a veteran outside the mall
He says I gave a leg and they sold it all
They turned every coffin into campaign art
And every mother’s grief into a shopping cart

[Pre-Chorus]
She follows the money
It glitters like knives
A million little slogans
Feeding off lives

[Chorus]
Flag merchants
Selling rage by the yard
Flag merchants
Making hatred look hard
Flag merchants
Counting cash in the smoke
They wrap you in colors
Then they tighten the rope

[Instrumental]
Guitars slash through neon ads
Drums like boots in shopping bags
Bassline circles, mean and low
Broadcast fever starts to grow

[Bridge]
A flag can shelter
A flag can lie
A flag can cover
The reason why
A flag can mourn
A flag can blind
In a merchant’s hands
It eats your mind

[Breakdown]
No sale
No crown
No fear
No town
No lie
No brand
No fist
No land

[Build-up]
She tears the receipt
From the mouth of the screen
The crowd starts asking
What freedom means

[Chorus]
Flag merchants
Selling rage by the yard
Flag merchants
Making hatred look hard
Flag merchants
Counting cash in the smoke
They wrap you in colors
Then they tighten the rope

[Chorus]
Flag merchants
We can see what you do
Flag merchants
Every thread leads back to you
Flag merchants
The people know the cost
You sold them an empire
And you told them they were lost

[Outro]
Buy the fear
Wear the brand
Wave the cloth
Forget the land
She writes one line
Across the page
They monetize rage