And they want to know your story
You go riding out a mystery
Concealed in all your glory
But when it comes to flesh and bones
You remind me of Shalott
Only made of shadows
Even though you're not
I remember how I spent
All my energy and time
With affected conversation
Trying to pry inside your mind
You are as beautiful as truth
And as empty as a shell
And I came to you one night
And it made me feel like hell
Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As I lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool
Everybody loves a hero
An image to create
The antithesis of everything
Inside ourselves we hate
But you'd better close your eyes
When it's time for them to die
Because you'd hate to think the life
You'd built upon them was a lie
Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As I lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool
I resign myself to silence
I will never blow your cover
No one ever has to know
Who the hero took for lover
But it comes to mind as you blaze on
As brilliant as a star
How many you've left behind
How many casualties there are
Oh to reach through all your surface
Just to find an empty pool
And to suffer all your pride
As I lay down by your side
And you swallowed up my heart
And left me a fool
Left me a fool
Everybody loves you And they want to know your story You go riding out a mystery Concealed in all your glory But when it comes to flesh and bones You remind me of Shalott Only made of shadows Even though you're not I remember how I spent All my energy and time With affected conversation Trying to pry inside your mind You are as beautiful as truth And as empty as a shell And I came to you one night And it made me feel like hell Oh to reach through all your surface Just to find an empty pool And to suffer all your pride As I lay down by your side And you swallowed up my heart And left me a fool Left me a fool Everybody loves a hero An image to create The antithesis of everything Inside ourselves we hate But you'd better close your eyes When it's time for them to die Because you'd hate to think the life You'd built upon them was a lie Oh to reach through all your surface Just to find an empty pool And to suffer all your pride As I lay down by your side And you swallowed up my heart And left me a fool Left me a fool I resign myself to silence I will never blow your cover No one ever has to know Who the hero took for lover But it comes to mind as you blaze on As brilliant as a star How many you've left behind How many casualties there are Oh to reach through all your surface Just to find an empty pool And to suffer all your pride As I lay down by your side And you swallowed up my heart And left me a fool Left me a fool Explain Request ×
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