Fly, fighting fair Brothers, heroes, foes Killing machine, thunder in the sky B-17, flying home Killing machine Said goodbye to the cross he deserved It's the code of the air From down below one enemy’s spotted So hurry up, rearm and refuel

There goes my hero Watch him as he goes He's ordinary Truth or consequence, say it aloud Use that evidence, race it around Too alarmin' now to talk about Take your pictures down and shake it out Don't the best of them bleed it out While the rest of them

I remember something Down along the creek Her, the heron hurried away When first I breeched that last Sunday Low moon don the yellow road That leaving wasn't easing all that heaving in my vines And as certain it is evening at is now is not the time, ooh

Friends that come and go Yeah, they'll be there when you need them, They say that when you don't I could give up on my heroes Could let myself down, too But what would I do If I lost my faith in you? My faith in you Yeah, this world will turn its back

You drown your heroes in red wine. Push play, stop rewind Push play, stop rewind, You painted black upon the whitest lies You've seen them fall, you have seen them rise, You painted black upon the whitest lies, lies, your lies. With my words, across your

Beyond the pale The rain is falling down upon me Beyond the pale, I found salvation Emancipation Beyond the pale, I found my heroes The freaks and zeroes I am skin and bones, broken stones See the scars that I show

I sold my bed, but not my stereo Black is my favorite color Makes me feel like we know each other In a town of ones and zeros You are one magnetic hero Blank tapes and posters on the door Listen to my Pink Floyd cover Take a seat like a backbeat lover

There goes my hero Watch him as he goes He's ordinary Truth or consequence, say it aloud Use that evidence, race it around Too alarmin' now to talk about Take your pictures down and shake it out Don't the best of them bleed it out While the rest of them

And I wonder what it's been like Man in the mirror, my hero 'Cause I've been on my own Or at least that's what it feels like Wanna get back right with ya When I think I'm bad like Michael He bring me back down to Tito It's written all over my face One of

'Cause it's alright, alright to see a ghost I'm gonna run to the river, kiss my hand and wave 'Cause they're gonna be cool, happy, genius heroes And I wanna see 'em go down in the river where they go I'm gonna miss 'em so much I'm gonna miss them so much