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