Cover art for Heroes & Heroin by Gary Jules

Heroes & Heroin

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Heroes & Heroin Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Never try to understand me
Expectation makes me old
Hide your pennies in the sand
Somehow I am supposed to know
The hardest thing to do let it go

[Pre-Chorus]
And I know we've been affected
Perfected the power to charm
Did we serve to entertain?
Did we find someone to blame?
What I said? What I did? We're not the same

[Chorus]
Ooh, I am breathing (I am breathing), yeah
Ooh, I am leaving in the morning
Maybe you can think about it when I'm gone

[Verse 2]
Could we lie behind the fables it heroes and heroin
The wait here is far too much to be worth so little
But will she come and stay with me

[Chorus]
Ooh, I am breathing (I am breathing), yeah
Ooh, I am leaving in the morning
Maybe you can think about it when I'm gone
[Bridge]
Did we serve to entertain?
Did we find someone to blame?
Was it something in your head?
Was it something in your name?
Give me something I can hold
I can try my best to help you
If you never let me down, ooh

[Pre-Chorus]
Never try to understand her
Heroes and heroin are very unforgiving
Do the things that you think you should to let you know you're alive
You are young, you are beautiful

[Chorus]
Ooh, I am breathing (I am breathing), yeah
Ooh, I am leaving in the morning
Maybe you can think about it when I'm gone
Ooh, I am breathing (I am breathing), yeah
Ooh, I am leaving in the morning
Maybe you can think about it when I go

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1998
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