Hero

<p>When the house fell asleep<br/>There was always a light<br/>And it fell from the page to the eyes<br/>Of an American boy<br/><br/>In a storybook land<br/>I could dream what I read<br/>When it went to my head I&#x27;d see<br/>I wanna be a hero<br/><br/>But the practical side<br/>Said the question was still<br/>When you grow up what will you be?<br/>I wanna be a hero<br/><br/>Hero<br/>It&#x27;s a nice-boy notion that the real world&#x27;s gonna destroy<br/>You know<br/>It&#x27;s a Marvel comic book Saturday matinee fairytale, boy<br/>Growing older you&#x27;ll find<br/>That illusions are bought<br/>And the idol you thought you&#x27;d be<br/>Was just another zero<br/><br/>I wanna be a hero<br/><br/>Heroes died when the squealers bought &#x27;em off<br/>Died when the dealers got &#x27;em off<br/>Welcome to the &quot;in it for the money as an idol&quot; show<br/><br/>When they ain&#x27;t as big as life<br/>When they ditch their second wife<br/>Where&#x27;s the boy to go?<br/><br/>Gotta be a hero<br/><br/>Hero<br/>It&#x27;s a nice-boy notion that the real world&#x27;s gonna destroy<br/>You know<br/>It&#x27;s a Marvel comic book Saturday matinee fairytale, boy<br/><br/>When the house fell asleep<br/>From a book I was led<br/>To a light that I never knew<br/>I wanna be your hero<br/>And he spoke to my heart<br/>From the moment I prayed<br/>Here&#x27;s a pattern I made for you<br/>I wanna be your hero