Lyrics¹

White flag    by Dido

I know you think that I shouldn't still love you
I'll tell you that
But if I didn't say it
Well, I'd still have felt it
Where's the sense in that?

I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder
Or return to where we were

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I know I left too much mess
And destruction to come back again
And I caused nothing but trouble
I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "It's over"
Then I'm sure that that makes sense

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door

I'm in love and always will be

And when we meet
As I'm sure we will
All that was then
Will be there still
I'll let it pass
And hold my tongue
And you will think
That I've moved on

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

Well I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

I will go down with this ship
And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be

  Words and phrases 

1. white flag : 直译为“白旗”，歌中意为surrender（投降）。在战争中，“白旗”可用来指“停战”、“停火”或“战败方投降”的信号。据记载，世界范围内，第一次拿白旗作为投降信号始于中国东汉（A.D 25-220）。可参看例句：

A white flag is used as a token of surrender.（白旗被用来作为投降的信号。）

He had to show the white flag at the end of the debate.（辩论到最后他只好认输。）