The Hero’s Return (Parts 1 and 2)

Part 1
[Verse 1]
Jesus, Jesus, what’s it all about?
Trying to clout these little ingrates into shape
When I was their age, all the lights went out
There was no time to whine and mope about

[Verse 2]
And even now part of me flies
Over Dresden at angel's one five
Though they'll never fathom it behind my sarcasm
Desperate memories lie

[Verse 3]
Sweetheart, sweetheart, are you fast asleep? (Good)
'Cause that's the only time that I can really speak to you
And there is something that I've locked away
A memory that is too painful
To withstand the light of day

[Verse 4]
When we came back from the war
The banners and flags hung on everyone’s door
We danced and we sang in the street
And the church bells rang

[Outro]
But the burning in my heart
The memory smolders on
Of the gunner's dying words on the intercom

Part 2
[Verse 1]
Jesus Christ, I might as well be dead
I can't see how dangerous it must feel to me
Training human cogs for the machine
Without some shell-shocked lunatic like me

[Verse 2]
Bombarding their still soft shells
With sticks and stones that were lying around
In the pile of unspeakable feelings I'd found

[Outro]
When I turned back the stone
Turned over the stone
Of my own disappointment back home