dar williams
beautiful enemy
I saw your flag Another star, another stripe What's your new bag? Something real or just some hype Tell me, what have you sown Have you prospered and grown? Why shouldn't you have your moments of genius Just because our alliance broke with no Civil words between us Oh, my beautiful enemy, beautiful I send my scorn and ridicule You're not innocent No, not innocent No one's innocent My nation's grand Your name's not on any signs It's so well-planned And well-groomed and yet somehow The past tornadoes through People talk about you Can't they see that your reign Is steely and torturous? I start thinking that I am sinking Inside a hollow fortress Oh, my enemy, beautiful enemy My stride is slowed by memory but Not innocent No, not innocent No one's innocent In my furies of dream The juries denounce you There I stand with the upper hand But in order to trounce you I just keep getting above myself I just keep getting above myself And so I'm worried but as I stated Things can be complicated, but You're my enemy You're my enemy You're my enemy The future's bright There are new things we will love It feels so right Let's not make up or rise above Yes, we are more corrupted Happy and productive We'll both live in a world of civilized People Though I've heard that my brand new church Has a slightly higher steeple Oh, my enemy, beautiful enemy Hail to your vast hegemony You're not innocent I'm not innocent No one's innocent Oh, my enemy, beautiful enemy Hail to your vast hegemony You're not innocent I'm not innocent No one's innocent