What's that fluttering in the breeze?
It's just a piece of cloth
that brings a nation to its knees.
What's that unfurling from a pole?
It's just a piece of cloth
That makes the guts of men grow bold.
What's that rising over the tent?
It's just a piece of cloth
that dares the coward to relent.
What's that flying across a field?
This line further reiterates the continuous theme of war. The word ‘tent’ evokes the past, when invading soldiers would camp, lay siege etc. It suggests the inevitability of war over the centuries.
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