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{{Infobox song | {{Infobox song | ||
| Name = Freak Flag | | Name = Freak Flag | ||
| Cover = | | Cover = Rivers Cuomo Alone XI.jpg | ||
| Type = demo | | Type = demo | ||
| Artist = Rivers Cuomo | | Artist = Rivers Cuomo | ||
| Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | | Album = Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years | ||
| Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | | Writer = [[Rivers Cuomo]] | ||
| Released = [[2020]] | | Released = [[November 23]], [[2020]] | ||
| Recorded = | | Recorded = | ||
| Label = | | Label = | ||
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| Status = Released | | Status = Released | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''Freak Flag'''" ( | "'''Freak Flag'''" (previously demoed as "'''Freaky Flag'''") is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' on [[November 23]], [[2020]]. | ||
===Appearances=== | |||
*''[[Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]]'' (2020) | |||
==Overview== | |||
{{Expand section}} | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | ===Freaky Flag (ver. 4)=== | ||
Washington admitted to chopping down | <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><poem> | ||
Washington admitted to chopping down the cherry tree | |||
He got grounded for a month | |||
Couldn't play Xbox games | Couldn't play Xbox games | ||
Then he fucking slayed | Then he fucking slayed the dragon | ||
Became | Became our very first president | ||
His face is on the quarter | His face is on the quarter | ||
The moral of the story is | The moral of the story is: | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky | Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | ||
Yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | Let your freaky flag fly | ||
I never tried to solve | I never tried to solve Sudoku | ||
But I heard that it can be | But I heard that it can be | ||
Really freaking hard | |||
You gotta put the numbers | You gotta put the numbers | ||
In a certain order | In a certain order | ||
I can't even get | I can't even get started | ||
The moral of the story is | The moral of the story is: | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky | Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | ||
Yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | Let your freaky flag fly | ||
And if people don't like your scene at all | And if people don't like your scene at all | ||
It just means that you gotta get off-the-wall | |||
Do a weird maneuver on their collective ass | Do a weird maneuver on their collective ass | ||
Before you know it you'll be at the head of (?) class | Before you know it, you'll be at the head of (?) class | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Be true to yourself | Be true to yourself | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky | Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | ||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your freaky flag fly | Let your freaky flag fly higher | ||
</poem></div> | |||
===Freak Flag (ver. 5-8)=== | |||
<poem> | |||
Washington admitted to chopping down the cherry tree | |||
He got grounded for a month | |||
Couldn't play Xbox games | |||
Then he fucking slayed the dragon | |||
Became our very first president | |||
His face is on the quarter | |||
The moral of the story is: | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
I never tried to solve Sudoku | |||
But I heard that it can be | |||
Really freaking hard | |||
You gotta put the numbers | |||
In a certain order | |||
I can't even get started | |||
The moral of the story is: | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
And if they threaten you with the guillotine | |||
It just means that you gotta use laser beams | |||
Fly up to the moon on a tricycle | |||
We're gonna read about you in school | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Be true to yourself | |||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
Get it up in the sky higher, yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your freak flag fly | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah | |||
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah | ||
Let your | Let your freak flag fly higher | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]] | ||
[[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]] | [[Category:Songs on Alone XI: The EWBAITE Years]] | ||