Love is war fought on the run
Without rules but with a gun
My life and love both fly away
They'll be back or so they say
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
Nostalgia for an ideal gone
So recreate ideals in song
I don't know what could fuel those dreams
Playground of dead kings and queens
And dark squadrons
And dark squadrons
And dark squadrons
And dark squadrons
And dark squadrons
Wrapped only in your college scarf
The Winter palace of your laugh
Please reconcile me with our times
And then liberate my mind
With dark squadrons
With dark squadrons
With dark squadrons
With dark squadrons
With dark squadrons
We're the first wave on the beach
The first wave anyone could reach
You've got the Mississippi shakes
The world's gone wrong and my heart breaks
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons
In dark squadrons