Listening to this song now by Superchick. It’s definitely another keeper. Read the lyrics below:
HERO
No one sits with him, he doesn’t fit in
But we feel like we do when we make fun of him
‘Cause you want to belong, do you go along?
‘Cause his pain is the price paid for you to belong
It’s not like you hate him or want him to die
But maybe he goes home and thinks suicide
Or he comes back to school with a gun at his side
Any kindness from you might have saved his life…Heroes are made when you make a choice.
You could be a hero,
Heroes do what’s right
You could be a hero
You might save a life
You could be a hero, you could join the fight
For what’s right, for what’s right, for what’s right…
No one talks to her, she feels so alone
She’s in too much pain to survive on her own
The hurt she can’t handle overflows to a knife
She writes on her arm, wants to give up her life
Each day she goes on is a day that she’s brave
Fighting the lie that giving up is the way
Each moment of courage her own life she saves
When she throws the pills out a hero is made…Heroes are made when you make a choice.
No one talks to him about how he lives
He thinks that the choices he makes are just his
Doesn’t know he’s a leader with the way he behaves
And others will follow the choices he’s made
He lives on the edge, he’s old enough to decide
His brother who wants to be him is just nine
He can do what he wants because it’s his right
The choices he makes change a nine-year-old’s life…Heroes are made when you make a choice.
Little Mikey D was the one in class
Who every day got brutally harassed
This went on for years until he decided
That never again would he shed another tear
So he walked through the door
Grabbed the .44 out of his father’s dresser drawer
And said, “I can’t take life no more!”
And like that, life can be lost
But this ain’t even about that
All of us just sat back and watched it happen
Thinkin’, “It’s not my responsibility
To solve a problem that isn’t even about me.”
This is our problem
This is just one of them daily scenarios
In which we choose to close our eyes
Instead of doing the right thing
If we make a choice
To be the voice
For those who won’t speak up for themselves
How many lives would be saved, changed, rearranged?
Now it’s our time to pick a side
So don’t keep walking by, not wanting to intervene
‘Cause you just wanna exist and never be seen
So let’s wake up,
Change the world,
Our time is now…
Aside from their songs that are played on the radio, I’m not too familiar with this group. But the more I hear from them, the more I really like their sound and music style. This song, “Hero” is available from HearItFirst.com as their free download this week. You can also read some comments from the band about the recent tragedy we experienced in our nation with the Virginia Tech shootings.
