Hi, Ronnie.
Originally Posted by Ronnie Fields
David, didn't mean to insinuate violence, maybe I should reword it!!

Glad to hear it! smile

You have every right to express distaste at flag burning. Even Justice Scalia did exactly that when he explained why he cast the deciding vote in the Johnson case:

Originally Posted by "Justice Scalia"
If it were up to me, I would put in jail every sandal-wearing, scruffy-bearded weirdo who burns the American flag. But I am not king.

But since the SCOTUS has declared flag burning a protected First Amendment right, there are only two legal means to take action - re-litigate the issue to the SCOTUS, or amend the Constitution. Anything else is a call to extra-judicial action.

Obviously, lawless rioters in the street are a different case - but that's not what your song appears to be about.

The following phrases could support the idea of peacefully taking action to protect the flag through legal process, depending on context:

   it's time to take a stand
   We will rise together
   we won't back down

But you also use "fighting words", which create a different context:

   let's settle the score
   your world's about to crash
   we're gonna stand our ground

It's not my place to tell you how to write a song. I'm only pointing out the language serves as a call to violent action.

Changing the "fighting words" is a remediation, but I think it still leaves open the question: what are you calling the listener to do.

Saying something like We need to amend Constitution to enshrine the flag and honor those who fought for it and what it represents would remove any ambiguity of your message.

Again, I'm not trying to tell you how to write the song, or what you should say. I'm only saying that it's not communicating what you intended.

Thanks for listening, I appreciate it! laugh

-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?