Momus - International Anthem lyrics

Every deity save Every state in the world Protect them from (delete as applicable) From lands where life is slightly different And therefore totally despicable We vouchsafe our utter Unthinking loyaty to whatever Symbol you propose To represent our nation's synthetic unity Its system of railways and roads Its arbitrary perimeter boundaries For which some people who would have died long ago Died longer ago than they would have done, before they got old as they should have done On behalf of those people (we can't give their names) We'd like to suggest that nothing should change We suggest harsh punishments to those alive now Who go about threatening the status quo We stand and shall always stand In whatever they call this place Heroic butchery will prevent our fall To some almost identical race And although a state cannot be said to give birth Ours is our mother Although every land has the same stuff going on Ours is uniquer than any other And although you have little in common with me I call you (but not others) my brother A human is easy enough to create But can you create a national sport? A human being is easily made But to create a pa**port, now that takes a state It's easy to make some sort of gate But do you know the pa**word? The pa**word is 'hate'