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.