I
I walked out into the hills
in lawless times
Searching for safety in un safe times
I stood at the top of Wadden Hill
And I saw the sun moving
behind Wadden Hill
I stood in these lawless times
And I cried out for sanctuary
For deliverance from all
that I cannot control
And I cried out to the old father of our time
I said these things
Grant me poetry and all I achieve
Grant my enemies time to grieve
Oh, Dean, you're my hero
If I'm a dream,
I'll wake defenseless
Grant me time to collect my senses
Oh, Dean, you're my hero
Walked in the sun,
walked in the moonlight,
on the snow,
and in that winter glow, walking
I was bathed in sheer blinding love,
like svibdag in grower's tomb.
Walked out to the horizon,
called out to the whore, rise in,
for in this realm it is not surprising
to be confronted by all,
by all and everything.
Let persistence be my given
Let experience be my heaven
Oh Dean, you're my hero
Give me courage to see
when I'm wrong
And give me words to explain it in song,
oh dear, you're my hero
Lead me out of my every malaise
With all your words, your rhymes,
your every phrase
You're my hero
You made the odes, the poem, the rhyme
The only father that showed me time
Oh dear, you're my hero
Only in error do religions thrive
They're priests that fly the blinds
Unholy child, you're my hero
Only in error do religions
dare to judge self -righteously
Let priests beware,
you're my hero
This is a strange and tribal call
Out to the bogs, the poets, the glee men
The shaman of these islands all
Meet me where all is proceeding
Meet me in Odin's mead hall,
greet me there in spectral
Dunedin, meet me behind
the garden wall,
meet me in the Garden of Eden.
You're my hero
The mountains, planets, stream
That issues from the mother's seam
Oh, you, you're my hero
In hot lights, grey and mauve
Twilight descends upon your throne
Oh Dean, you're my hero
In the East they called you Lord
Your name, it was your title
Behold Dean, you're my hero
Surrender them helpless
and make a foot
Their twisted spirit you will lift
You're my hero
Take me to Asgard
Take me to Vanguard
Take me to Midgard
Rise again, O Dean
You're my hero
I have no place in the church or the cook
So look for me in the
Winsweat Mall and Cirque
You're my hero
Oh, give me strength to inflict such pain
My enemies will retreat again
Oh, dear, you're my hero
Oh, when I'm old,
my eyes are dimming
Please give me strength
to protect my women
Oh Dean, you're my hero
Till we've erased the priest
Our suffering will not be ceased
Oh Dean, you're my hero
Till we break free of God
Our visions cringed beneath
the sword
They'll be my hero
Every must have some
A world with ash that they might know
Will be my hero
To protect our womankind
Or will they be a noxious group
We'll fight, my hero
Let resistance be my game
Let experience be my heaven
Oh dear, my hero
Give records to see when I'm gone
And give me words to explain this song
Oh dear, my hero
And when I'm tired,
my battle's tattered
Please look where my end is
Though my strength is shattered
My hero you