First Avenger

The stars on my chest, they don’t shine like they used to

They’re just stitches in a shroud I’ve outgrown

I woke up in a world that was bright and brand new

But I’ve never felt more like a ghost on my own

I’m a man out of time, with a clock that won’t stop

Counting the friends that I’ve buried in the clay

I’m standing right here on the mountain top

But the valley below is just shades of gray.

Oh, the shield is heavy, and the blue is turnin’ black

I’m marchin’ to a war where there ain’t no comin’ back

I fought for a dream that was written in gold

But the ink’s runnin’ dry and the heart’s growin’ cold

Yeah, I’m the Star-Spangled Man with a hole in his soul

Tryin’ to pay a debt that I’ll never make whole.

I remember a girl and a dance that we missed

I can still smell the rain on that Brooklyn street

Now I’m chasin’ a shadow, a ghost of a kiss

While the asphalt is burnin’ beneath my feet

They told me I’m a hero, they told me I’m the light

But I’m just a soldier who forgot how to sleep

I’m holdin’ the line in the middle of the night

For a promise I’m findin’ too hollow to keep.

(Guitar solo – distorted and crying)

The red is for the blood of the brothers I lost

The white is for the bone-deep price of the cost

The blue... oh, the blue is just the way that I feel

When the mask comes off and the pain is real.

Oh, the shield is heavy, and the blue is turnin’ black

I’m marchin’ to a war where there ain’t no comin’ back

I fought for a dream that was written in gold

But the ink’s runnin’ dry and the heart’s growin’ cold

Yeah, I’m the Star-Spangled Man with a hole in his soul

Tryin’ to pay a debt that I’ll never make whole.

Just let me lay it down...

The vibranium’s cold against the ground...

I’m so tired of winnin’...

While the world just keeps on spinnin’...

Without me.