Steeplejack Moon - Losing Your Heroes Lyrics

My father's face looked like a child's again
Like it was 1969
And I just wanted to
Reverse the winters that make boys into men
The silent snow that steals our time

Every stone tossed in the sea
(I'll keep you in my arms awhile)
Won't build a bridge from you to me
(I'll keep you in my arms awhile)

I'm condemned to a life of looking back
False starts, callous hearts and artifacts
A perpetually motionless machine
Charged up on memories and empty dreams

My mother danced just like a child again
Like it was 1975
And I just wanted to
Dictate the plotline for a book that never ends
A testament to summer lives

All these single points in time
(I'll keep you in my arms awhile)
Can't eclipse our slow decline
(I'll keep you in my arms awhile)

I'm condemned to a life of looking back
False starts, callous hearts and artifacts
A perpetually motionless machine
Charged up on memories and empty dreams

Quiet in the morning light
Search for the words, they don't feel right
I'd hear you shuffle down the hall
Now I can't hear nothing at all
I still believe the things they said
But you're not here, just in my head
Were you afraid to close your eyes?
Did you ever learn the reasons why?

Quiet in the morning light
Search for the words, they don't feel right
I'd hear you shuffle down the hall
Now I can't hear nothing at all
I still believe the things they said
But you're not here, just in my head
Were you afraid to close your eyes?
Did you ever learn the reasons why?