The War Outlives ft. Lear Lyrics

They're whispering in city streets, And calling this a victory

Cause lilies of the valley bloom, On fertile buried bride and groom

But there's a boy worth fighting for, Who's born a decade post the war

And there's a little girl whose hands, Now pray for gods of foreign lands

She'll leave her home, he'll leave his home, They'll leave their home

The war outlives the war

The red and gold of wedding clothes, Are left in attics overgrown

But could it be enough to feel, The silken fabric's old ideal

But no one ever thinks of this, It's only fire, flood, and blitz

The meaning of the word you see, It carries so much more to me

It carries home, she carries home, They carry home

The war outlives the war

Would I have volunteered, To fight that fateful year

My friends, my friends, Or be the one who stays

Which rooftops would I wait, To defend, Defend?

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

To miss a thing that's missing, To stake a claim deserving

And they don't get to mourn for her, When they're the ones that sent her forth

And every boy that's left behind, May lose her face but try to find

A way to keep her soul alive, To salvage something from the mines

He can't go on, she can't go on, they can't go on

The war outlives the war

Would I have volunteered, To fight that fateful year

My friends, my friends? Or be the one who stays

Which rooftops would I wait, To defend, defend?

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah

I'm here because my mother's here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here

I am my mother's child you see, And she passed down this war to me

I am my mother's child you see, I am my mother's child you see

I am my mother's child you see, And she passed down this war to me

And everything that grows from war, Will tie its feet down to the floor

This kitchen where my family eats, To build a home beneath our feet

This language I must learn to speak

Is here, is here, is here, is here

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah