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Flags is a track by Damon Albarn, taken from the album “HELP(2)”, released March 6, 2026 on War Child Records. It runs 5:06. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside Opening Night, Strangers, Let's Do It Again!. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Flags
- Artist
- Damon Albarn
- Release
- HELP(2)
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 5:06
- Release date
- March 6, 2026
- Record label
- War Child Records
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songNow you left yourself there on the wall
Looking up, painted on teeth, powdered concrete
Here on earth, the sun in the sky, between my teeth
Looking down, shaking some hand, older than mine
Well I remember the dealers keeping coins in the speakers
Choked up on the chic of having hair like jesus
The flags are breezing with a brand new feeling
Expensive seats full of abandoned reason
The sun cries tears
And they land inside ya
You feel the fear where you once felt pride, yeah
That's when the world got involved and I woke up older
With the flag of surrender draped across my shoulder
Remember before?
When we cared about things like
Who was the tallest
Waiting 'round for the adults to stop talking
But they can't see past what absorbs them
When I grow up, I'll do it different
Tryna change the world by wishing
If I could have it all, whatever I liked
Just want everyone to be alright
To get a little respite from the night after night of it
I stitch a tear to my prayer and hold tight
I left myself there on the wall, looking up
At the pictures in the pebbledash, glistening bright
Listen, I might've drunk one too many years
'Cause when the sun sheds tears now, they set me alight
Now you left yourself, there on the wall
Looking up, painted on teeth, powdered concrete
Here on earth, sun in the sky, between my teeth
Looking down, shaking some hand, older than mine
Wants you to know everything that you feel, felt it before
Promises soar close to the sun, when all's said and done
I cherish it
Stitch a tear to a prayer
Fly it so they see
See it turn to sails that catch the wind
And follow it until it leaves
To joy of joys
Well I remember the dealers keeping coins in the speakers
Choked up on the chic of having hair like jesus
The flags are breezing with a brand new feeling
Expensive seats full of abandoned reason
The sun cries tears
And they land inside ya
You feel the fear where you once felt pride, yeah
Listen, I might've drunk one too many years
'Cause when the sun sheds tears now, they set me alight
I stitch a tear to my prayer and hold tight
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