Death Cab For Cutie - Before the Bombs lyrics

Before the bombs before the walls came down
We would lie in the summer sun
Watching the clouds pass one by one
Before the fires
Before the spools of barbed wire
You said you would never forget
What pierces deeper than the bayonet?

There's only one thing that'll
Save this place
The only thing that they cannot face
There's only one thing that they cannot take
Love, love

Before the mobs before the inside jobs
Sleeping in on borrowed time
Too distracted for the minor crimes
Before the war before the troops came ashore
I held you deep in my arms
A fool to think that they
Could save you from harm

There's only one thing that'll
Save this place
The only thing that they cannot face
There's only one thing that they cannot take
Love, love there's only one thing that'll
Save this place
The only thing that they cannot face
There's only one thing that they cannot take
Love, love love, love

Before the bomb

There's only one thing that'll
Save this place
The only thing that they cannot face
There's only one thing that they cannot take
Love, love love, love
Love, love love, love