Canadian rock band Nickelback released on Friday the full music video for its latest politically-themed single Edge of a Revolution, featuring a short clip of a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) rally among other protests.

Directed by ace song video director Wayne Isham, the video shows the band performing in a dark classroom as filmed images of protests with riot police and posters are projected on a screen behind the musicians.

The music video veteran — who has directed song videos for artistes like Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, KISS, Roxette and Britney Spears —at the end shows the uniformed school children on their feet, pushing over classroom furniture and scattering papers in the air chanting “we want change!”.

The brief clip from the PTI rally shows red and green party flags along with a poster of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

 — Screengrab shows band playing in front of screen showing images from PTI rally
— Screengrab shows band playing in front of screen showing images from PTI rally

While the single was released on August 18 as part of the band’s upcoming album No Fixed Address, the full video was released Friday.

Nickelback will release its first album since 2011, reportedly titled No Fixed Address , this fall.

An excerpt of the song lyrics:

Hey, hey, just obey.

Your secret's safe with the NSA

In God we trust or the CIA?

Standing on the edge of a revolution

(Chorus) No, we won't give up, we won't go away

'Cause we're not about to live in this mass delusion

No, we don't wanna hear another word you say

'Cause we know they're all depending on mass confusion

No, we can't turn back, we can't turn away

'Cause it's time we all relied on the last solution

No, we won't lay down and accept this fate

'Cause we're standing on the edge of a revolution

(Chorus ends) What do we want? We want the change

And how're we gonna get there? Revolution

What do we want? We want the change

Standing on the edge of a revolution

With over 20 days into the PTI’s anti-government protest, these lyrics and the inclusion of the PTI rally clip in the music video seem to be an uncanny coincidence.

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