[INTRO â SPOKEN] Where is the hero? Where? Where is the hero? [VERSE 1] WHERE is the hero? Here? There? Somewhere behind the eyes? Looking for the one Whoâs looking for the one Whoâs looking from inside Where is the hero? NOWHERE [PRE-CHORUS] WHEN is the hero? NOW Not yesterday Not when Iâm ready Not after I become What I imagined I should be NOW [CHORUS] HELLO YOU There you are HELLO YOU There you arenât HELLO YOU Nobody home And everything happening HELLO YOU [VERSE 2] WHY is the hero? The imagination creates A name A face A story A fate A beginning A middle A reason to wait The imagination creates And creates And creates Until the creator Forgets it created [PRE-CHORUS] WHAT is the hero? A ghost in the machine A thought that thinks It thought the thought A dream Inside a dream A little voice saying THATâS ME THATâS ME THATâS ME [CHORUS] HELLO YOU There you are HELLO YOU There you arenât HELLO YOU Ghost in the machine HELLO YOU Whoever you seem to be [BREAKDOWN â CALL / RESPONSE] WHERE IS THE HERO? NOWHERE WHEN IS THE HERO? NOW WHY IS THE HERO? THE IMAGINATION CREATES WHAT IS THE HERO? A GHOST IN THE MACHINE WHO IS THE HERO? NOBODY WHO? NOBODY WHO? NOBODY [DROP] HOW? ⊠HĂU Pleased to meet you too HOW? HĂU HELLO HELLO HELLO YOU [VERSE 3] No sword No crown No chosen one No final battle To be won No mountain top No setting sun No destination No-one comes The hero disappears When the looking is done [BRIDGE] I looked for myself And nobody was there I looked for nobody And found everywhere I opened the door There was nothing behind it Nothing was missing Until I defined it [FINAL CHORUS] WHERE is the hero? HERE WHEN is the hero? NOW WHY is the hero? THE IMAGINATION CREATES WHAT is the hero? A GHOST IN THE MACHINE WHO is the hero? NOBODY HOW? HĂU Pleased to meet you too HELLO YOU HELLO YOU HELLO YOU [OUTRO â SPOKEN] Who is asking? ⊠Hello you.
