Flag

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 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...

Trivia about the song Flag by Joe Henry

When was the song “Flag” released by Joe Henry?
The song Flag was released in 2003, on the album “Tiny Voices”.

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