[Intro]
Brown coat
Red coat
Blue coat
Yellow coat
Same mud on the boots
Same smoke in the throat
[Verse 1]
Heavy sky
Thunder made of iron and command
Letters folded, stained
Shaking in a calloused hand
You pray in different colors
But the dirt reads every name the same
Drums talk murder
Flags talk blame
[Chorus]
Brown coat, red coat, blue coat, yellow coat
All of you bled in the same black river
Different banners, same cold shiver
Brown coat, red coat, blue coat, yellow coat
History counts you, never asks why
Just stones, and rain, and time passing by
[Verse 2]
Deep voice narrates
Dates and places, "glory," "cause"
But a boy from each direction
Fought to outrun the same old laws
A medal on one chest
On another, only folded air
Mothers wash the colors
Tears rinse them bare
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I taste rust on every victory speech
Every page that tries to preach
Who was righteous
Who was wrong
But bone is bone
When the battle’s gone
[rap growl]
Map lines, state lines, they crack, they shift
But a coffin never checks what flag you lift
[guitar solo]
[Chorus]