Rock Gods (feat. Aaron Lee Tasjan)

I stood in disbelief wonderin' when the madness is gonna be done

The gravest tears had come up on me in consequence, Route 91

Then I was in a studio, once again, I broke down and cried

A voice come on my headphones, told me Tom Petty died

And all the rock gods are dead or dying

Seems the whole world is broken and crying

It is more than prayers we're needing

We're all on a cross, alone and bleeding

And hey, engineer, don't play it back

This train we're on's comin' off the tracks

Ain't nobody left to sing the blues the way they supposed to be sung

Everybody's talkin', nobody's listenin', it's like we're just speakin' in tongues

There's a beauty that we witness when standin' in a sacred place

Yet lookin' at the disarray down here, you'd think maybe God's run out of grace

And all the rock gods are dead or dying

Seems the whole world is broken and crying

It is more than prayers we're needing

We're all on a cross, alone and bleeding

And hey, engineer, don't play it back

This train we're on's comin' off the tracks

We were as beautiful as angels, one was born with virtue and trust

Then our innocence was lost, burned off or turned to rust

But we're betrayed by black when shadows risin' in the darkness at dusk

Steering us away from the light, little broken toys in the dust

And all the rock gods are dead or dying

Seems the whole world is broken and crying

It is more than prayers we're needing

We're all on a cross, alone and bleeding

And hey, engineer, don't play it back

This train we're on's comin' off the tracks