Hero Ground Zero

[Verse 1]

Gazing down from Skiddaw, I can see the future

Music, art, and science are gonna bust

Oh, prepare to meet her in this labyrinth

This ancient archive full of dust

[Chorus]

I'm a hero, ground zero

If I don't take off I'll surely drown

I'm a hero, ground zero

In the end every leader becomes a clown

[Verse 2]

Every rock star wants to make a movie

But the darkness is safer than the light

I won't go back to walkdown music

From this old hilltop, I'll take flight

[Chorus]

I am a hero, ground zero

In my face, a Klieg lamp burns my eyes

I'm a hero, ground zero

On my back is the heat of a new sunrise

[Bridge]

You look so good like spring

I didn't know that looks could kill

In my cave, I could hear you sing

How many rooms can one note fill?

[Verse 3]

You raised me up and then you dropped me

I drank and sank, absurd and stoned

I was adopted by the angels

They said my future was postponed

[Chorus]

I was a hero, ground zero

I believe my stock has been atoned

I was a hero, ground zero

I felt the shock of being dethroned

Of being disowned