Song For Remembered Heroes
Echoes of Heroes: Navigating Life's Changing Tides
Lyrics
Well it's that old time story of a new face to glory
Introducing the familiar tale of a new individual rising to glory.
Someone wanted my soul for their pride
Someone sought to gain my soul for their own pride.
What about the system of fools arranged for missing
Questioning the sense of a system designed for the misguided or absent.
Well, I can't lie, they all pass with time
Acknowledging the transient nature of all things, including the foolish arrangements.
Why do my people come and go?
Pondering the recurring departure and arrival of one's people.
I keep on leaving them behind and Lord, I miss them so
Expressing the emotional challenge of repeatedly leaving loved ones behind.
I've watched my heroes change from silver into gold
Observing the transformation of admired figures from mere silver to precious gold.
As the time goes, only memories grow
Highlighting the inevitability of memories growing over time.
It's your smiles that I remember
Remembering the impact of smiles from the past.
The dreams of the young and tender
Recalling the dreams of youth and innocence.
Coming real, but now it seems
Noting the contrast between past dreams and present reality.
That highways are for foolish travelers
Suggesting that roads are for naive travelers.
Always bonded, always shackled by the prayer
Describing a perpetual connection restrained by prayer.
They're remembered in our dreams
Heroes live on in dreams.
Why do my people come and go?
Reflecting on the cyclical nature of people coming and going.
I keep on leaving them behind and Lord, I miss them so
Reiterating the difficulty of leaving loved ones and feeling their absence.
I've watched my heroes change from silver into gold
Noting the transformation of heroes from humble to revered.
As the time goes, only memories grow
Emphasizing the growth of memories over the passage of time.
I am just a bar-room child tried so hard to learn the style
Identifying as a person who learned life's lessons in the setting of a bar.
Of your drunken tears, the way they smile
Describing the bittersweet nature of smiles accompanied by drunken tears.
I guess I'll never learn the rules, I still play the simple fool
Admitting a failure to grasp the rules but embracing a simple, honest love.
Who loves without the chains of lies
Choosing to love without the constraints of falsehoods.
Why do my people come and go?
Revisiting the theme of the transient presence of significant individuals.
I keep on leaving them behind and Lord, I miss them so
Expressing the ongoing struggle of leaving people behind and the resulting longing.
I've watched my heroes change from silver into gold
Witnessing the evolution of admired figures from ordinary to extraordinary.
As the time goes, only memories grow
Reiterating the idea that, with time, only memories continue to grow.
As the time goes, only memories grow
Affirming the enduring nature of memories as time progresses.
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