Intro :
C ome yonder old stranger the tooth and the dagger
Y ou stagger and then you are saved
G row fonder the manger in truth and in danger
O f forgetting mistakes that you've made
E yes like mine blinking and endlessly drinking
L etting the warlords inside
F all in like mice into fires of ice
I n death we find places to hide
A ll the old heroes are like
C hildren to me now
A s I come to burn your shame away
W ithout knowing exactly how
A ll the old heroes young babies without mothers
L eft to die on apocalyptic streets
A nd where are these words from who spoke them before
C oming down like flashes of heat
I 'm never frightened for death I still welcome
A nd death I have seen you before
I gave you my keys my windows my creeds
B ut soon I will give you much more
A ll the old heroes are like
C hildren to me now
A s I come to burn your shame away
W ithout knowing exactly how
L ove is a fix a suicide wrist
B lood with an unending flow
T o purify lands soak in the sands
O f places that we'll never go
J esus come calling we'll be here and falling
P raying for your hand to show
C atch us in mercy drink us when thirsty
E ach of us falling like snow
A ll the old heroes are like
C hildren to me now
A s I come to burn your shame away
W ithout knowing exactly how
E ach one a cathedral the last junkie needle
S tained glass from blood that is old
A nd in that cathedral with the angels of nighttime
P aned in the window so cold
T hey see through your victims your painful musicians
P laying the saddest of songs
N obody singing just a ghost without dreaming
A voice that could right all the wrongs
A ll the old heroes are like
C hildren to me now
A s I come to burn your shame away
W ithout knowing exactly how
G oodbye sweet diamond the sky in the north wind
I s falling on lepers and snakes
H ello young mercy both blessed and thirsty
F or solutions to so many mistakes
W ithout your lover your tired wonder
The south rain threatens to pour
O n skulls like crashing in sunlight basking
I gnoring the strongest of calls
Y ou cannot save them without their consent
Y our voice of mercy to them I have sent
Y ou spoke through me you a good man
G rew up to listen and give me your hand
Y our voice of mercy so strong and so true
I t comes out in cascades without residue
O f darkness or lies or doubt or untrue/untruth
I t's pure like the wind the rain and the youth
A ll the old heroes are like
C hildren to me now
A s I come to burn your shame away
W ithout knowing exactly how
