Hoist My Flag Up Higher

[Verse 1]
I woke up one morning
I had a feeling she was gone
The best days of my life had passed
All I had left was this song
Lived my life like I was leaving
Chose a path of no return
Now I can't seem to realize
Where the hell I got these burns

[Chorus]
So hoist my flag up higher
Let it sail on in the wind
I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see you
Satisfy your grin

[Verse 2]
Let your soul ring out a melody
Of a cold and desolate night
Let your eyes become the symphony
Of the callus, hungry moonlight
I saw a light on the mountain
It shined down bright to me
But it couldn't hold against the storm
It just flickered and ran out of steam

[Chorus]
So hoist my flag up higher
Let it sail on in the wind
I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see you
Satisfy your grin
Higher still if you please babe
Above my shattered melody
This broken man couldn't make his stand
And I fell beneath the trees

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
So hoist my flag up higher
Let it sail on in the wind
I'm sorry I couldn't be there to see you
Satisfy your grin
Higher still if you please babe
Above my shattered melody
This broken man couldn't make his stand
And I fell beneath the trees