White Flag

[Verse 1]
Oh you used to tell me
Of your trials and your tribulations
All the vacuums of envy
And those who’d done you wrong
Well call me a skeptic
But I knew you were temperamental
Like the heir to an empire
Alluding to the fall
But I learned to balance
On the scales of a friendship at arm's length
Hinged on the days spent dreaming
And pulling fire from our fault

[Chorus]
But I’ll never fly the white flag for you
It isn't peace when you're caught up on payin' dues
So I send my regards to
A brother I once knew
The past prepared you for today

[Verse 2]
You were assuming collusion
Hallucinated blood left on my hands
And in a wave of confusion
Buried behind an iron wall
Well I wasn’t the coward
I treaded light but with the best intention
But our exchanges had soured
And left the silence volatile

[Chorus]
But I’ll never fly the white flag for you
It isn't peace when you're caught up on payin' dues
So I send my regards to
A brother I once knew
The past prepared you for today

[Outro]
Send my regards to
A brother I once knew
The past prepared you for today