[Verse 1]
When we were young we knew everything
Strength from our innocence
Taught us to paint with our words
As we grow tired and jaded
The colors are faded
Fire will no longer burn
All the anger and hunger
That shapes our desires
Hanging to hope by a string
Never had thoughts of the future
Knew we'd never get there
We are the kings of our dreams
[Pre-Chorus]
All the best laid plans
Slipped through my hands
[Chorus]
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
[Post-Chorus]
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
[Verse 2]
Empires have fallen and joy can be stolen
When things are much worse than you think (Worse than you think)
The streets are left broken, a memory holding
Onto the songs that we sing
We started with something
But ended with nothing
Losing but praying to win (Praying to win)
Let go as we're falling
I can't hear them calling
Give in to all of our sins
[Pre-Chorus]
All the best laid plans
Slipped through my hands
[Chorus]
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
[Post-Chorus]
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
[Bridge]
When the future's ending
They will bleed you empty
Don't let me down, don't let me down
Don't let me down
Yeah, we can make it back there
The home we had is nowhere
Turn it around, turn it around
Turn it around
No one can find us when time has escaped us
How did we fall through the cracks?
It's empty out here
Where the world disappears
One day we'll find our way back
[Chorus]
You know we can run 'til the day that we're dead
Or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
'Cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf
Fall on our knees if that's all we've got left
Can we make it back to the heroes we were?
[Post-Chorus]
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes we were?
Can we
Save this
And bring us back to the heroes
Back to the heroes we were?
Heroes We Were was written by Fiona Bevan & John Feldmann & Matt Malpass & Stephen Beerkens & Andy Black.
Heroes We Were was produced by Dylan Mclean & Matt Malpass & Jon Lundin & John Feldmann.
Andy Black released Heroes We Were on Fri Apr 12 2019.