God and Country
Blue Rodeo Lyrics

Forever lost in comparisons
You are always measuring yourself against others and feeling inadequate.

Between you and the better man
You compare yourself to those who seem better than you.

Yeah you're always so quick
You are always eager to receive applause and recognition.

To take a bow
You are delighted when people admire you and your accomplishments.

I've got to laugh at your circus sympathy
I find it hard to take your insincere expressions of compassion seriously.

And your postcard sincerity
Your attempts to appear genuine and heartfelt are obviously false.

Don't you ever get tired
Don't you ever feel worn out or disillusioned by your own behavior?

Of being yourself
Of continuing to behave in this way?

It's getting so hard to find you (so hard to find you)
It's becoming increasingly difficult to locate you as you retreat further into your own world.

As you fade into your world of reprisal (ooh)
As you withdraw into yourself and your own sense of anger and resentment.

As you slip into the comfort
As you begin to feel at ease in your own insularity.

Of your denial
Of your refusal to confront the truth or accept responsibility for your actions.

Your patriotic smile
Your grin of nationalist pride and conceit.

Your go down in style
You want to be remembered as a hero or a champion.

And you say that you're not to blame
You avoid accountability for the harm you have caused.

Yeah you're proud of what you did
You take satisfaction in your actions, regardless of the consequences.

And you'd do it again
You are unrepentant and would make the same choices again.

All in the name of God and country
You justify your actions by claiming they were for a higher cause.

But that's too bad about the little snag
But it's unfortunate that things didn't go exactly as you planned.

'Cause getting caught is such a drag
Being held responsible for your actions is unpleasant and inconvenient.

Even in the name of God and country
Even if you are claiming to have acted on behalf of a greater good.

Still you're all the same to me
You are all cut from the same cloth, in my eyes.

You're just trying to make points on national TV
You are more concerned with appearing in the public eye than with doing good.

Yeah you try to make points for God
You claim to be acting in the name of God, but really you are just looking for validation and approval.

God and country
The supposed noble purpose behind your actions.

You call this justice
You believe that your actions are justified, despite any harm they may cause.

I call this self-service
I see your actions as being driven by your own self-interest, rather than the greater good.

And I hope that I never find
I don't want to discover.

What you call good conscience
What you believe to be morally right.

Or peace of mind
Or the inner calm that comes from knowing you have acted rightly.

As another man dies for God and country
As more people are killed in conflicts that are supposedly being fought for the sake of some higher purpose.

'Cause I'm sure while you're sitting there talking
Because I am certain that while you proclaim your supposed justifications.

Well the bombs are falling
People are being killed as a result of the actions you are advocating.

All in the name
All supposedly justified by.

All in the name
All supposedly justified by.

All in the name of God and country
Your supposed higher purpose.