Lyrics Will Butler - Waving Flag

I'm tiredof waiting
for a better day
but I'm scared and I'm lazy
and nothing's gonna change

The war is not over
the blood's still on the ground
but I'm far and I'm safe and
I will not make a sound

I watch from the edge
but all I can see are the waves

The flags are waving
They're ready for the past
They're strong and they're saying
the fighting's gonna last

till the dead
can rise up from their beds
and laugh with their friends
the future is only a dream

You sought the future
they tried to make you hide
We took forever
but now we're on your side

Let us rest with our friends
in the sun
'cause the battle is won
the present is only a dream

Why don't you let us be?
Why won't you let us be?
Why won't you let us be?