[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
'Til 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

[Post-Chorus]
Like a banner
Like a banner
Like a banner
Like a banner
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

[Post-Chorus]
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 (like a banner)
Hold it up over me (over me)
If this war (if this war) is never ending (is never ending)
I'll take this love (i'll take this love) down with me
(Like a banner)
If this war (like a banner) is never ending (like a banner)
I'll take this love (like a banner) down with me