All The Old Heroes
Key: GEnglish
Intro
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Verse
GCome yonder old stranger the tooth and the dagger
GYou stagger and then you are saved
GGrow fonder the manger in truth and in danger
GOf forgetting mistakes that you've made
CEyes like mine blinking and endlessly drinking
CLetting the warlords inside
GFall in like mice into fires of ice
GIn death we find places to hide
Chorus
DAll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me now G
DAs I come to burn your shame away
CWithout knowing exactly how G
Verse
GAll the old heroes young babies without mothers
GLeft to die on apocalyptic streets
GAnd where are these words from who spoke them before
GComing down like flashes of heat
CI'm never frightened for death I still welcome
CAnd death I have seen you before
I Ggave you my keys my windows my creeds
GBut soon I will give you much more
Chorus
DAll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me now G
DAs I come to burn your shame away
CWithout knowing exactly how G
Verse
GLove is a fix a suicide wrist
GBlood with an unending flow
GTo purify lands soak in the sands
GOf places that we'll never go
CJesus come calling we'll be here and falling
CPraying for your hand to show
GCatch us in mercy drink us when thirsty
GEach of us falling like snow
Chorus
DAll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me now G
DAs I come to burn your shame away
CWithout knowing exactly how G
Verse
GEach one a cathedral the last junkie needle
GStained glass from blood that is old
GAnd in that cathedral with the angels of nighttime
GPaned in the window so cold
CThey see through your victims your painful musicians
CPlaying the saddest of songs
GNobody singing just a ghost without dreaming
A Gvoice that could right all the wrongs
Chorus
DAll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me now G
DAs I come to burn your shame away
CWithout knowing exactly how G
Verse
GGoodbye sweet diamond the sky in the north wind
GIs falling on lepers and snakes
GHello young mercy both blessed and thirsty
GFor solutions to so many mistakes
CWithout your lover your tired wonder
The south rain threatens to pour
GOn skulls like crashing in sunlight basking
GIgnoring the strongest of calls
Verse
GYou cannot save them without their consent
GYour voice of mercy to them I have sent
GYou spoke through me you a good man
GGrew up to listen and give me your hand
CYour voice of mercy so strong and so true
CIt comes out in cascades without residue
COf darkness or lies or doubt or untrue/untruth
CIt's pure like the wind the rain and the youth
Chorus
DAll the old heroes are like
CChildren to me now G
DAs I come to burn your shame away
CWithout knowing exactly how G