[Verse 1]
Maybe it's bricks and mortar now
Whether or not they run it down
I don't want anything to shake that shape away
No one told us which way to come
Nobody mapped oblivion
So I go growing roses in the disarray
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Just like most, falling head in
Till my ghost fills the bed in
[Chorus]
So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me
Like a banner
Like a banner
[Verse 2]
I don't need fate to give it time
It doesn't take pain to change your mind
No weapon can sever the soul from me
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Not the sorceress, not the money
All my cleverness, all my cunning
[Chorus]
So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me
Like a banner
Like a banner
[Bridge]
It's around me in my surroundings
It counts me when it starts the counting
In the chaos there is a standard
I'm carrying it like a banner
It's around me in my surroundings
It counts me when it starts the counting
In the chaos there is a standard
I'm carrying it...
[Chorus]
So lift it up like a banner
Hold it up over me
If this war is never ending
I'll take this love down with me
(like a banner)
Like a banner
Hold it up over me
(like a banner)
If this war is never ending
(like a banner)
I'll take this love down with me