All The Old Heroes
Ton : GEnglish
Intro :
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CGome yonder old stranger the tooth and the dagger
YGou stagger and then you are saved
GGrow fonder the manger in truth and in danger
OGf forgetting mistakes that you've made
ECyes like mine blinking and endlessly drinking
LCetting the warlords inside
FGall in like mice into fires of ice
IGn death we find places to hide
ADll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me nowG
ADs I come to burn your shame away
WCithout knowing exactly howG
AGll the old heroes young babies without mothers
LGeft to die on apocalyptic streets
AGnd where are these words from who spoke them before
CGoming down like flashes of heat
IC'm never frightened for death I still welcome
ACnd death I have seen you before
IG gave you my keys my windows my creeds
BGut soon I will give you much more
ADll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me nowG
ADs I come to burn your shame away
WCithout knowing exactly howG
LGove is a fix a suicide wrist
BGlood with an unending flow
TGo purify lands soak in the sands
OGf places that we'll never go
JCesus come calling we'll be here and falling
PCraying for your hand to show
CGatch us in mercy drink us when thirsty
EGach of us falling like snow
ADll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me nowG
ADs I come to burn your shame away
WCithout knowing exactly howG
EGach one a cathedral the last junkie needle
SGtained glass from blood that is old
AGnd in that cathedral with the angels of nighttime
PGaned in the window so cold
TChey see through your victims your painful musicians
PClaying the saddest of songs
NGobody singing just a ghost without dreaming
AG voice that could right all the wrongs
ADll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me nowG
ADs I come to burn your shame away
WCithout knowing exactly howG
GGoodbye sweet diamond the sky in the north wind
IGs falling on lepers and snakes
HGello young mercy both blessed and thirsty
FGor solutions to so many mistakes
WCithout your lover your tired wonder
The south rain threatens to pour
OGn skulls like crashing in sunlight basking
IGgnoring the strongest of calls
YGou cannot save them without their consent
YGour voice of mercy to them I have sent
YGou spoke through me you a good man
GGrew up to listen and give me your hand
YCour voice of mercy so strong and so true
ICt comes out in cascades without residue
OCf darkness or lies or doubt or untrue/untruth
ICt's pure like the wind the rain and the youth
ADll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me nowG
ADs I come to burn your shame away
WCithout knowing exactly how G