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