I heard a human voice who sang like no one else
  I heard a proud lady singing loud
  Lived her life as she liked, didn't give a damn
  But soon she found she was 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
  I felt the sound shower 'round
  And he would take you with him where no music's been before
  As you merged the 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 or become 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 user lose
  That legend's born from death and that is such a shame
  'cos ev'ry 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.