all my heroes

here i am awake in a wilderness of lies

trying to assemble a suitable disguise

bleary eyed and seeking a sign i recognize

someone i can count on to be there as my guide

all my heroes were failures in their eyes

losers

drunkards

fallen saints

and suicides

i feel a fever break underneath my skin

the earth begins to shake

trees bending in the wind

the world is always changing it's changing in my sleep

for the first time i am praying for my soul to keep

all my heroes were rebels on the run

plagiarizers

vagabonds

vagrants every one

but they lit fires in the shadows

all my heroes

cut pathways through the narrows

all my heroes

what am i to do

where am i to go?

how am i to pay the debts that i still owe?

how am i to shift and rise above the tide

how am i to live without them by my side?

all my heroes were smaller than they seemed

malcontents

dreamers

ghosts in the machine

but they lit fires in the shadows

all my heroes

cut pathways through the narrows

all my heroes