| My knuckles were bruised like violets |
| Sucker punching walls |
| Cursed you as I sleep talked |
| Spineless in my tomb of silence |
| Tore your banners down |
| Took the battle underground |
| And maybe it was egos swinging |
| Maybe it was her |
| Flashes of the battle come back to me in a blur |
| All that bloodshed, crimson clover |
| Uh-huh, sweet dream was over |
| My hand was the one you reached for |
| All throughout the Great War |
| Always remember, uh-huh |
| Tears on the letter, I vowed |
| Not to cry anymore |
| If we survived the Great War |
| You drew up some good faith treaties |
| I drew curtains closed |
| Drank my poison all alone |
| You said I have to trust more freely |
| But diesel is desire |
| You were playing with fire |
| And maybe it’s the past that’s talking |
| Screaming from the crypt |
| Telling me to punish you for things you never did |
| So I justified it |
| All that bloodshed, crimson clover |
| Uh-huh, the bombs were closer |
| My hand was the one you reached for |
| All throughout the Great War |
| Always remember, uh-huh |
| The burning embers, I vowed |
| Not to fight anymore |
| If we survived the Great War |
| Uh-huh, uh-huh |
| It turned into something bigger |
| Somewhere in the haze |
| Got a sense I’d been betrayed |
| Your finger on my hairpin triggers |
| Soldier down on that icy ground |
| Looked up at me with honor and truth |
| Broken and blue |
| So I called off the troops |
| That was the night I nearly lost you |
| I really thought I’d lost you |
| We can plant a memory garden |
| Say a solemn prayer |
| Place a poppy in my hair |
| There’s no morning glory |
| It was war, it wasn’t fair |
| And we will never go back to that |
| Bloodshed, crimson clover |
| Uh-huh, the worst was over |
| My hand was the one you reached for |
| All throughout the Great War |
| Always remember, uh-huh |
| We’re burned for better, I vowed |
| I would always be yours |
| 'Cause we survived the Great War |
| Uh-huh, uh-huh |
| I will always be yours |
| 'Cause we survived the Great War |
| Uh-huh |
| I vowed I will always be yours |