Like the ashes of American flags
War all of the time
In the shadow of the New York skyline
To burn on and on and not just fade away
He fell from these cliffs
Like the ashes of American flags
And the fires in our streets start to rage
All those nights in the basement
And we’re blowing in the wind
They offer a welcome when you are leaving

The pieces fall it’s like a last day parade
War all of the time
We’ve been falling for so long
They burn on and on like an oil field
We grew up too fast, falling apart
Like the ashes of American flags
Parent’s garage listen to the lullaby
The kids are still screaming
A painted jail cell of light in the sky

Like three mile island nightmares
On TVs that sing us to sleep
Now your eyes are a sign on the edge of town

We don’t know where to land
Like a lightning rod that couldn’t pull the storm from me
I was 5 years old, my best friend's older brother died
In the shadow of the New York skyline
We'll replace it with an H-bomb explosion
So wave to those people who long to wave back
War all the time, war all the time
Or a memory of what it felt like
The river washed him away, the current pulled him downstream
War all the time, war all the time
If the sun doesn't rise

We grew up too fast, falling apart
War all of the time
On and on and on and on

War all of the time, war all of the time

We used to be very tall buildings
Of carbon monoxide
We grew up too fast, falling apart
So we kiss like little kids
From the fabric of a flag that sang, "Love all of the time"

All of the time, all of the time

In the shadow of the New York skyline
All of the time
War all of the time, war all of the time
And our lives float in the headlines, so we park these cars