The Hero

Well I've been watching from the shadows 
 While you shook your fist at God 
 And screamed for all who listened 
 About how he's done you wrong 
 Why don't you put away your pistols 
 Climb down off your cross 
 Coz the battle's long been over 
 And the war is long since lost 
 And all those bridges that you've broken 
 Done burned down long ago 
 Coz you just had to be the superstar 
 Just had to be the hero 
 You just had to be the hero 
 
 Well I was there in the beginning 
 And I saw you choose your path 
 I watched your candle burning 
 And I knew it wouldn't last 
 Coz when experience comes knocking 
 Innocence will pass 
 And all that once seemed child-like 
 Is now ugly, crude and crass 
 And you wonder how you lost yourself 
 So many years ago 
 Coz you just had to be the superstar 
 Just had to be the hero 
 You just had to be the hero 
 
 Are you as angry on the inside 
 As you are on the surface 
 Been frontin' so long you've forgotten the purpose 
 Now there's a hole in the whole 
 Where your soul 
 Used to be 
 
 Well I've been watching from the shadows 
 While you shook your fist at God 
 And screamed for all who listened 
 About how he's done you wrong 
 Why don't you put away your pistols 
 Climb down off your cross 
 Coz the battle's long been over 
 And the war is long since lost 
 And now this old broken heart 
 Weeps for the one I used to know 
 Who just had to be the superstar 
 Just had to be the hero 
 You just had to be the hero 
 Why did you have to be the hero