You fend off the armies with your wooden sword

Standing with your demons by your side

Tearing at the splinters that I left behind

To fight the endless battle with your pride

And though you threaten often to fall on your blade

I hear you cryin' wolf along the tide

I watch you walk unscathed through the poppy fields

And I wonder just how many times you've lied

Lied

I see you through the clearing mist with reddened eyes

You're bleedin' from the sever at your side

I tore myself away from you so suddenly

That none of this would heal if we tried

And as the sun is rising on the another day

I see you raise your banner to the sky

The hands that held so tightly start to slip away

And I wonder just how many times you've lied

Lied