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Artist: Brooke Fraser
Canonical path: /brooke-fraser/flags
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Flags
Read Flags lyrics by Brooke Fraser on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Flags
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Come, tell me your trouble
I'm not your answer
But I'm a listening ear
Reality has left you reeling
All facts and no feeling
No faith, and all fear
I don't know why the good man will fall
While a wicked one stands
And our lives blow about like flags on the land
Who's at fault is not important
Good intentions lie dormant
And we're all to blame
While apathy acts like an ally
My enemy and I are one and the same
I don't know why the innocents fall
While the monsters still stand
And our lives blow about like flags on the land
I don't know why our words are so proud
Yet their promise so thin
And our lives blow about like flags in the wind
Oh oh oh oh
You who mourn will be comforted
You who hunger will hunger no more
Oh the last shall be first
Of this I am sure
You who weep now will laugh again
All you lonely be lonely no more
Yes the last shall be first
Of this I'm sure
I don't know why the innocents fall
Why the monsters stand
I don't know why the little ones thirst
But I know the last shall be first
I know the last shall be first
I know the last shall be first
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Brooke Fraser performs "Flags", and this lyric page sits inside the Brooke Fraser catalog on LyroVerse.
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