[Verse 1]
Mistress of the mind
Take me where the air is clean
Ignorance is kind
Emerald and evergreen

[Pre-Chorus 1]
30 days, September
Year of miracle and grief
Through the haze, remember
You're an animal, not a mineral

[Chorus]
And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

[Verse 2]
Through the human eye
Nature of a soul, extreme
Nothing seems to die
Pictures in the magazine
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral

[Chorus]
And we won the war, lost the battle
Lost the battle, won the war
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Through the maze, precisely
Through the myriad of schemes
(Singing in the rain)
With your gaze, entice me
Like an animal, not a mineral

[Interlude]

[Chorus]
Won the war, lost the battle
Lost the war, won the battle
Won the war, lost the battle
Won the war
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Colour for the colourblind
All for the love of the humdrum and humble
Rubbishing the philistines
All for the love of the humdrum and humble