I heard someone say,
“It's better to burn out
Than to fade slowly away”
I remember the look on his face.
Coming Home from the war
Insisting the world would be one (won),
And our days better than before
But no one believed anymore.
In his way, long ago
He seemed so high up above us.
The wandering stars above
Would have been easier to touch.
But he fell to the earth like a stone
And everything he could hold
Wouldn't lift him back up.
Not a hero – just a sham
A costume that he could put on
To cover the blood on his hands
A phantom disguised as a man.
I heard someone say,
“It's better to burn out
It's better that we should burn out
than just fade slowly away.”
Atlas, despised and disgraced:
I remember the look on his face.
credits
from Eternal Return,
released December 31, 2018
Lyrics and Music written and performed by Gray Parsons
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