We look around at the damage done
A father runs, to save his dieing son
A daughter looks at her mother's wound
With fear she cries, never got to say goodbye
With just one blast, lives blown away
Terrorism hit the streets that day
We see the fear in the victims' eyes
What more evil will tomorrow rise?
And we raise our heads to the flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
This flag holds sorrow and anger
A flag representing danger
The flag calls out for help
It allows us to see;
The nation's fatal brutality, heart aching poverty
But we also see some hope
The flag of a failing nation holds a window of hope and reason
Hidden behind the sorrow and anger
There is hope of defeating the danger
The flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
A family sheds their tears one day
Their little girl beaten than taken away
Taken away by men of mystery
Taken away from her family's love and security
One man place he used to call home
A blast than flash and than no house to call his own
Unexpected lives, shaken, shattered than scattered
To these men of violence, innocent lives never mattered
And we look up to the flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
This flag holds sorrow and anger
A flag representing danger
The flag calls out for help
It allows us to see;
The nation's fatal brutality, heart aching poverty
But we also see some hope
The flag of a failing nation holds a window of hope and reason
Hidden behind the sorrow and anger
There is hope of defeating the danger
The flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
With the star spangled banner and red maple leaf
Brave souls walk into battle
Knowing their duties are fatal
And still troops march in with hope and reason
To patch and protect a wounded nation
To bring assurance to the cries
To dry up and heal teary eyes
To bring hope and light from Holy skies
Because freedom and reason is the ultimate prize
And we lift our heads to the flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
This flag holds sorrow and anger
A flag representing danger
The flag calls out for help
It allows us to see;
The nation's fatal brutality, heart aching poverty
But we also see some hope
The flag of a failing nation holds a window of hope and reason
Hidden behind the sorrow and anger
There is hope of defeating the danger
The flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing nation
The flag of a failing ... NATION
