Flag - Joe Henry
Written by：Joseph Lee
Take that noise out in the street
This rubble out from under my feet
No rest for the weary in here
And make a fuss you're a volunteer
These days they lord above me
Growing mean as they grow shorter
Like a flag on a closing border now
Closing right behind you
In a crowd down off the hill
Full of blood lust and good will
We carried pride above our heads
Like a flag we could cheer
To wake the dead
And when we could go no further
And were drowning on a desert
We raised our flag
To follow the breath of god
But it was blowing every which way
I loved you long before I knew
Love is something one decides to do
My vanity and fear
Conspired belief
That love's
Just a mirror for a thief
So when you held me
Tight against you
And I mistook your heart for thunder
And like a flag
Hid behind and under you
Who could blame me
When you held me tight against you
And I mistook your heart for thunder
Like a flag
I hid behind it
Like a flag
I'm hiding under you
Now I hang my clothes out to dry
Like waves of surrender they fly
The whore of this world
Looks old and played
Still she peeks from the alley
Like a waiting bride's maid
Laugh or bleed as you need to
Who of us doesn't know already
Every flag flies like confetti now
Laugh or bleed as you need to
Who of us doesn't know already
Every flag flies like confetti now
