Coldplay - flags

가사는 해골들이 각자의 꿈과 정체성을 찾고자 하는 대화로 시작되며, 자신의 삶을 어떻게 살 것인지에 대한 질문을 던진다
주인공은 타인과의 비교에서 벗어나 오직 자기 자신이 되고 싶다는 강한 소망을 표현하며, 사랑과 존엄성에 대한 내면의 갈등을 다룬다

The talk among the skeletons this morning
(Aside from all the medicine and health)
If you could do it all again, would you do it all the same?
Is there something that you'd tell your former self?
There were those that wished they'd spun upon the jukebox
There were pirates who had never seen the sea
But the one recurring theme, the one recurring dream they had
Was to be whatever they wanted to be
"To be Pyotr Tchaikovsky
To be free, and like everyone else
There will be no flags to own me, no!
'Cause I just want to be myself"
Julie, telephoning by a ouija
"Is there any advice that you could give?
When you know you're not like them
Do you know La Varsovienne?
I know that I am living, but can you show me how to live?"
And the Holy Roman Army
Said, "Your heart beats like everyone else"
But you don't need no flags to tell you who you are, so say
"I just want to be myself''