I heard a human voice who sang like no one else   I heard a proud lady singin' loud   Lived her life as she liked, didn't give a damn   But soon she found she was the underground and wasted      I watched her hitting notes as she strutted stage   Her body shook, oh, she did her stuff   She screamed and quake, give and take, maybe took too much   If you take the smooth, you gotta take the rough      Why do you have to die to be a hero   It's a shame a legend begins at its end   Why do you have to die if you're a hero   When there's still so many things to say unsaid      I heard a man's guitar electrify a crowd   Felt the sound shower 'round   He would take you with him where the music's been before   As you merge, power surge together      His music knew no limits if you were in it's wake   You had no choice, no, but hear its voice   And you would listen hypnotized, and in a dream   But once so strong survive, becomes weak      Why do you have to die to be a hero   It's a shame a legend begins at its end   Why do you have to die if you're a hero   When there's still so many things to say unsaid      If you gaze across timeless years   You'll find them always there   And many Gods will join the list   Compiled with dying care      Hungry mouths are waiting   To bite the hand that feeds   And so the living dead   Carry on immortal deeds      I saw on silver screen an actor's rise to fame   But fast car users lose   A legend's born from death and that is such a shame   'Cause every year new ones appear      Why do you have to die to be a hero?   It's a shame a legend begins at its end   Why do you have to die if you're a hero?   When there's still so many things to say unsaid