heroes we were

when we were young we knew everything, drank from our innocence, taught us to beg with our words, as we grow tired and jaded, the colors all faded, fire would no longer burn, all the anger and hunger, that shapes our desires, hanging to hope by a string, never had thoughts of the future, knew we'd never get back, we are the kings of our dreams, all the best laid plans, slipped through my hands, you know we can run 'til the day that we're dead, or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, 'cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf, fall on our knees if that's all we've got left, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes we were?, empires have fallen and joy can be stolen, when things are much worse than you think, the streets all have broken, my memory holding, onto the songs that we'd sing, we started with something, but ended with nothing, losing but praying to win, let go as we're falling, i can't hear them calling, give in to all of our sins, all the best laid plans, slipped through my hands, you know we can run 'til the day that we're dead, or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, 'cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf, fall on our knees if that's all we've got left, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes we were?, when the future's ending, they will bleed you empty, don't let me down, don't let me down, don't let me down, yeah, we could make it back then, though all we have is nowhere, turn it around, turn it around, turn it around, no one can find us when time has escaped us, how did we fall through the cracks?, it's empty out here, where the world disappears, one day we'll find our way back, you know we can run 'til the day that we're dead, or stay here and fight and pretend we're not scared, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, 'cause we can scream 'til the world has gone deaf, fall on our knees if that's all we've got left, can we make it back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes we were?, can we, save this, and bring us back to the heroes, back to the heroes we were?