Lyrics

You say you’re done with the war
But you won’t put your hands down
You call it peace, call it closure
While you’re still standing your ground

You speak like it’s over and clean
Like nobody paid a price
But every word that you give me
Still cuts when it lands just right

You say it’s done
But I still bleed
You wave it white
I see the red

This white flag looks red
Every time you wave it
You say you’re letting go
But you never lay it down
This white flag looks red
Now I finally see
You don’t want surrender
You just want out clean

You play the part so well
I almost believed your side
You call the damage defense
Like you didn’t cross the line

You say you’re tired of the pain
Like I didn’t bleed it too
You don’t say goodbye
You just leave before you have to choose

You call it mercy
I call retreat
You leave the door open
So you don’t have to leave

This white flag looks red
Every time you wave it
You say you’re letting go
But you never lay it down
This white flag looks red
Now I finally see
You don’t want surrender
You just want out clean

If this is peace
Why does it hurt?
If this is closure
Why am I worse?

I stopped calling it mercy
I stopped calling it fate
You didn’t end the damage
You just left it in my name

This white flag looks red
Now there’s no disguise
You don’t lay down weapons
You just change sides

This white flag looks red
Every truth you bend
You don’t want peace
You just want the end

You never laid it down
You just walked away
That white flag in your hands
Was stained from the start