Flags Lyrics

When I look at you

I see a place I've been before

I recognize the heartbreak in your face

When I look at you

I see the miles you've sailed across

Searching for those ghosts just in case

They change their minds

Oh and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Yeah and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

When I think of you

I remember the way you left this town

Never even looked back to see me fall on my own sword

When I think of you

I know there's a ship I missed some time ago

I see all the memories you've thrown overboard

Wash up on this shore

Oh and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Yeah and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Maybe you came back looking for adventure

Maybe you came back looking for gold

Maybe you came back looking to surrender

Maybe you came back 'cause you were alone

Oh and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Yeah and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

When I dream of you

I live the nightmare over and over

God I just can't make it end

When I dream of you

There's a storm ahead and it's moving fast

And I know I can't survive the waves and the wind

Without you by my side

Oh and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Yeah and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know

You just don't know how hard it's been

Oh and I'd like to raise your flag again

But you just don't know how hard it's been

Yeah you just don't know how hard it's been