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The 1965 tragedy is a part of Indonesian history whose remembrance is dominated by the dominant discourse portraying the cruel images of PKI as the inhumane actor of the murder of the seven high rank military generals. The dominant discourse has arosed hatred towards communism, while the truth has not been clarified. The alternative discourses to this dominant discourse have emerged through various media, one of which is music. This study investigates a song written by one of Indonesian indie bands, Melancholic Bitch, entitled Bioskop, Pisau Lipat which is listed in their album NKKBS Bagian Pertama. As the name suggests, the album refers to a jargon in the New Order era. Employing CDA as the approach, this study aims to unfold the hidden ideology as well as how the New Order exerts its power as conveyed through the song lyrics. Through the metafunction analysis, it is revealed that the cruel portrayal of communism as a part of the New Order hegemony which still influences the present Indonesia is the dominant ideology in the song.