Halos and helicopters
everything is over my head.
Thought they were coming to save me,
but they just left me here for dead.

I hopped in an ambulance
caught a ride back to my old hometown.
Got out at four corners,
and watched the crowd gather 'round.


For the homecoming parade
where they called me a hero
and asked me why i've changed
At the homecoming parade
they're killing off their favorite sons.


Angels and astronauts
everyone is looking down at me.
I thought they were coming to help
but they're just falling out of the sky.


There's a laugh track, but no one's smiling.
Everyone is keeping their head down.
No one wants to make a scene in this small minded town
where all the mothers drink 'til they drown.


At the homecoming parade
where they call you a hero
and then spike the lemonade.
At the homecoming parade
they're killing off their favorite sons
and all their daughters are on the run


Heretics and hometown heroes
we all get treated the same.
They line us up to praise us
'til they turn the tv cameras off.


Then they line us up and interview us,
then they line us up and accuse us,
then they line us up and shoot us.


At the homecoming parade
where they call you a hero
as they tie you to the stake.
At the homecoming parade
they're killing off their favorite sons,
they've got all their daughters on the run.
They've been killing off their favorite sons for years
all their daughters are picking up their guns and getting out of here