Owen Pallett → In Conflict → “The Sky Behind the Flag”
Lyrics
The only girl I ever fell in love with Taught me how to drink as if it needed To be taught I’d always give that girl another shot. We drank away the difficult times A sheet of noise to wash away our grievance And I left In the fading light at the end of the season. She said I was the guy behind the counter Who would offer to give you comfort When there was none I said I was the sky behind the flag. Don’t need a miracle We need to lose control Men only need to lose control. The drive goes on as our conversation Turns to something something on the radio Then to the drone, The engine is our anniversary song. And I think as I look over: lucky you Lucky me and lucky lucky you We will be together in our strangeness and safety. Don’t need a miracle We need to lose control Owen why must you always be First to wake and first to fight First to wound and first to fly? I need to lose control Why can’t I lose control First to wake and first to fight First to wound and first to fly?
Lyrics revisions
She said I was the guy at a gas station
→ She said I was the guy behind the counter
Oh how do you like me now? Golden calf to golden cow
→ Oh don’t need a miracle, oh we need to lose control
We danced ourselves through difficult times
→ We dance away the difficult times
→ We drank away the difficult times
And when I left I told her I’m a sky behind a flag
→ And I left in the fading light at the end of the season
Comfort when there is none, the language spoken in a service station
→ Comfort when there is none, I said that I’m the sky behind the flag