Joe Henry - Flag lyrics

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 bloodlust 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 who*e 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...