Flags

Now you left yourself there on the wall Looking up, painted-on teeth, powdered concrete Here on Earth, the sun in the sky, between my teeth Looking down, shaking some hand, older than mine Well, I remember the dealers keeping coins in the speakers Choked up on the chic of havin' hair like Jesus The flags are breezing with a brand-new feelin' Expensive seats full of abandoned reason The sun cries tears, and they land inside ya You feel the fear where you once felt pride, yeah That's when the world got involved, and I woke up older With a flag of surrender draped across my shoulder Remember before? When we cared about things like Who was the tallest, waiting 'round for the adults to stop talking But they can't see past what absorbs them When I grow up, I'll do it different Tryin' to change the world by wishin' If I could have it all, whatever I liked I just want everyone to be alright To get a little respite from the night after night of it I stitch a tear to my prayer and hold tight I left myself there on the wall lookin' up At the pictures in the pebble-dash glistening bright Listen, I might've drunk one too many years 'Cause when the sun sheds tears now, they set me alight Now you left yourself there on the wall Looking up, painted-on teeth, powdered concrete Here on Earth, the sun in the sky, between my teeth Looking down, shaking some hand older than mine Wants you to know everything that you feel, felt it before Promises so close to the sun, when all's said and done I cherish it, stitch a tear to a prayer, fly it so they see See it turn to sails that catch the wind and follow it until it leaves Well, I remember the dealers keeping coins in the speakers Choked up on the chic of havin' hair like Jesus The flags are breezing with a brand-new feelin' Expensive seats full of abandoned reason The sun cries tears, and they land inside ya You feel the fear where you once felt pride, yeah Listen, I might've drunk one too many years 'Cause when the sun sheds tears now, they set me alight I stitch a tear to my prayer and hold tight