A call to arms: around each be thrown

You are the flag I pledge to alone

War is declared in my head when I'm scared

My heart’s a grenade you disarm in mid-air

In the crossfire of actions and desires

I am my enemy and the truth is a liar

Signal the truce for I win if I lose

No victory is won by two smoking shoes

A soldier no army would recruit

When left with the gun, I'd shoot off my foot

I tied together both my boots

To keep me from my fighting

Stop me from fighting

I'll bury my bullets in the dirt

And hide away all that could hurt

I’m just a choir of false alarms

Sweeten my song with a wave of your arms

I bleed when I breathe, my tricks stick in my sleeve

But you are the oath that I live to repeat

Wounds are repaired in our memories shared

You are the key that keeps skeletons scared

In the crossfire of actions and desires

I am my enemy and the truth is a liar

Signal the truce for I win if I lose

No victory is won by two smoking shoes

A soldier no army would recruit

When left with the gun, I'd shoot off my foot

I tied together both my boots

To keep me from my fighting

Stop me from fighting

I'll bury my bullets in the dirt

And hide away all that could hurt

I'm just a choir of false alarms

Sweeten my song with a wave of your arms