All Your Heroes Become Villains Part II: What Machine Are You Raging Against? (Outtake All Your Heroes...)
from The City of Lost Children: Rare and Unreleased Tracks by Ed Hale and The Transcendence
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I thought you had it
You could have had it
But you chose to lose it
After you used it
Who taught you that?
Man I know I didn't.
It was easy
to be a hero
When there wasn't much to do.
Anyone can do it.
Man I counted on you
But you chose to screw us over
And now that its over
You act like my brother
But man you ain't my brother
when the needle hit the record
when the movie hit its climax
and the audience was on the edge of their seat
man that was your shot
but you failed to use it
you chose to lose it
when we were waiting on you
to come and pull through
man we were waiting on you
to come and pull us through
you could’ve saved the day
you could’ve been a hero
or at least have been a friend
but you left us standing there
and you fucking walked in the end
and I couldn’t believe it
no man we couldn’t believe it
all that fucking talk
about saving the world
but at the end of the movie
you didn't get the girl
and you didn't save the world
you never saved the day
you just saved yourself
left me standing there
wondering what happened to you
when you were needed the most
needed like a brother
you just fucking walked
man you just walked
if this were a movie
man you'd be fucking shot
you know that?
but I'm going to let you walk
I'm going to pardon you
I'm going to walk away
And hope I never see your face
But never say that it ain't true
All your heroes do become villains
Eventually
It’s only a matter of time
You could have had it
But you chose to lose it
After you used it
Who taught you that?
Man I know I didn't.
It was easy
to be a hero
When there wasn't much to do.
Anyone can do it.
Man I counted on you
But you chose to screw us over
And now that its over
You act like my brother
But man you ain't my brother
when the needle hit the record
when the movie hit its climax
and the audience was on the edge of their seat
man that was your shot
but you failed to use it
you chose to lose it
when we were waiting on you
to come and pull through
man we were waiting on you
to come and pull us through
you could’ve saved the day
you could’ve been a hero
or at least have been a friend
but you left us standing there
and you fucking walked in the end
and I couldn’t believe it
no man we couldn’t believe it
all that fucking talk
about saving the world
but at the end of the movie
you didn't get the girl
and you didn't save the world
you never saved the day
you just saved yourself
left me standing there
wondering what happened to you
when you were needed the most
needed like a brother
you just fucking walked
man you just walked
if this were a movie
man you'd be fucking shot
you know that?
but I'm going to let you walk
I'm going to pardon you
I'm going to walk away
And hope I never see your face
But never say that it ain't true
All your heroes do become villains
Eventually
It’s only a matter of time
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from The City of Lost Children: Rare and Unreleased Tracks,
released June 21, 2011
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Ed Hale New York
Singer, songwriter, rockstar, recording artist, author, activist, populist blogger, and occasionally controversial YouTube star Ed Hale is a hard man to keep up with. Affectionately called "The Ambassador" by friends and fans the world over, he is best known now as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock group ED HALE AND THE TRANSCENDENCE; or for his latest hit single "Scene In San Francisco." ... more
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