A year in the hole had taken its toll when I took a good look at me   And what a surprise the scope of my eyes could only see black   And I remember someone who was taking them two by two   And lately I'd become the one who'd have laughed at you too      There was a black flag on my morning   There was a black flag on my day   There was a black flag on everything around   And I was walking backwards again   Black flag, black flag      I walked in the day, my usual way looking through a two by four   It colored my view, I couldn't see you or maybe I just wouldn't   And I remember the time when the sunlight fell on my head   And lately I'd become a member of the walking dead      There was a black flag on my morning   There was a black flag on my day   There was a black flag on everything around   And I was walking backwards again   Black flag, black flag      And I know that I was wrong it was up to me   If I wanted to see      And I remember the day when I saw the mask on my face   And I knew that it was time to put the thing in its place      I'd put the black flag on my morning   I'd put the black flag on my day   I'd put the black flag on everything around   And I was walking backwards again      Black flag on my morning   Black flag on my day   I'd put the black flag on everything around   And I was walking backwards again      Black flag on my morning   Black flag on my day   I'd put the black flag on everything around   And I was walking backwards again, it was up to me   And I know that I was wrong