about this new song contrasted with Heroes. A song from a young man in 1977 and a song from an older man in 2013. In Heroes, he compares Berlin to two lovers, in the new video he is in that conjoined puppet, like a comfortable old couple.
"We can be Heroes" becomes "Where are we now?" 35 years later. Looking forward, looking back. The juxtaposition.
Compare the lyrics-
Heroes-
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I will be king
And you
You will be queen
Though nothing will
Drive them away
We can beat them
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
Where are we now?
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Had to get the train
From Potzdamer platz
You never knew that
That I could do that
Just walking the dead
Heroes
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And you
You can be mean
And I
I'll drink all the time
'Cause we're lovers
And that is a fact
Yes we're lovers
And that is that
Though nothing
Will keep us together
We could steal time
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
For ever and ever
What d'you say
Where are we now?
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Sitting in the Dschungel
On Nurnberger strasse
A man lost in time near KaDeWe
Just walking the dead
Heroes
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I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing
Will keep us together
We can beat them
For ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes
Just for one day
I will be king
And you
You will be queen
Though nothing
Will drive them away
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be us
Just for one day
Where are we now?
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Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
Heroes
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I can remember
Standing
By the wall
And the guns
Shot above our heads
And we kissed
As though nothing could fall
And the shame
Was on the other side
Oh we can beat them
For ever and ever
Then we can be Heroes
Just for one day
Where are we now?
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Twenty thousand people
Gross Bose Brucke
Fingers are crossed
Just in case
Walking the dead
Heroes
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We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes
We're nothing
And nothing will help us
Maybe we're lying
Then you better not stay
But we could be safer
Just for one day
Where are we now?
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Where are we now?
Where are we now?
The moment you know
You know, you know
As long as there’s sun
As long as there’s sun
As long as there’s rain
As long as there’s rain
As long as there’s fire
As long as there’s fire
As long as there’s me
As long as there’s you
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