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Hero

from 272 by Walter King

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lyrics

My life is a continuous nightmare,
echoes of defeat and vicarious observation.
I see a certain impasse ahead,
a road littered with dead thoughts and low expectations.

But the faces on the TV tell me to be free and believe in hopeless dichotomies.

They know so we'll know.

Heroes come and win
and that's when heroes go.
Good behavior and recompense
bears no resemblance to a soul.
Heroes come and win,
you have to let 'em go.
Ever since you left
I've been pickin' myself up.
The last thing I need is a hero.

I see a little silhouette of a man
he is me
but he numbers in the tens of millions.
He marches in labored steps
and his breath is a ghost
with no host
nothing in like can fulfill him.

But the voices on the monthly stamps
are a test
he'll attest
with the best of himself not withstanding.

They know so we'll know.

Heroes come and win
and that's when heroes go.
Good behavior and recompense
bears no resemblance to a soul.
Heroes come and win,
you have to let 'em go.
Ever since you left
I've been pickin' myself up.
The last thing I need is a hero.

I came into this world full of life
a babe in an old straw sack.
I was destined to bare much much more
than this weight that he puts on my back.

We can march in the streets
the cybernetic buses through LEDs.
Defeat Goliath with witty speech,
toppling giants now,
bring them down to their knees.

Heroes come and win
and that's when heroes go.
Good behavior and recompense bare no resemblance
Yeah it bares no resemblance!

Heroes come and win,
you have to let 'em go.
Ever since you left
I've been pickin' myself up.
The last thing I need is a hero!

You know so we'll know!
They know so we'll know!

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from 272, released April 8, 2018
Additional vocals provided by Jacob King.

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Walter King Veneta, Oregon

There's not a whole lot to say. I am self-produced, self-taught, and a life-long musician.

My biggest influences are musicians like those in The Mars Volta, Between The Buried And Me, Incubus, and movie soundtracks. Lots of movie stuff!

You can find my stuff here and that's about it for now. ... more

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