You turn yourself into a hero
Then you turn yourself into a story 
That just how it works
Then you give it to your friends and family
Then they pass it down to their children
And that just where you end

But there's just one way to know the ones who knew
There's just one way to know, to know
Oh oh oh oh, I won't wait for your shadow to come 
Just to take me away to the ground where you came from
Oh oh oh oh, I won't wait for your shadow to come 
Just to take me away to the ground where you came from

You wrote yourself into a sentence 
Then you mailed it down to Chicago for you baby to read
Well I did my best to read it slowly 
Then I read it once more for meaning  
And then I threw you away

But there's just one way to know the ones who knew
There's just one way to know, to know
Oh oh oh oh, I won't wait for your shadow to come 
Just to take me away to the ground where you came from
Oh oh oh oh, I won't wait for your shadow to come 
Just to take me away to the ground where you came from
Just to take me away to the ground where you came from