[Intro — slow swaying guitar swirl, heavy metal footsteps, a cape snapping in the wind, distant thunder] [Verse 1 — low, dreamy, sparse] Shield lying cracked in the avenue Hammer nobody can lift Red and gold rusting in the rain Torn webs drifting in the mist Up on a throne of iron In a cloak of emerald green A man behind a metal mask Says he's the only king [Chorus — heavy guitars crash in] No more heroes (no more heroes) Doomsday's falling from the sky No more heroes (no more heroes) So it's gonna be you and I (Ooh, no more heroes) [Verse 2 — low, dreamy, sparse] Every statue in the square Wears an iron mask now Every screen plays the same face Telling us to bow But a lady at the bus stop Gave her coat up to the cold And a kid stood up for someone Who was standing all alone [Chorus — heavy] No more heroes (no more heroes) Doomsday's falling from the sky No more heroes (no more heroes) So it's gonna be you and I (Ooh, no more heroes) [Bridge — sludgy guitar solo, then the iron cracks] No mask (No mask) No cape (No cape) Just hands To hold the weight (Ooh — falsetto rising over the guitars) [Final Chorus — heaviest moment] No more heroes (no more heroes) Nobody's coming from the sky No more heroes (no more heroes) Then it's gonna be you and I (Ooh, it's you and I) [Outro — iron crashes to the ground, guitars swirl and fade, morning birds and kids laughing] (Spoken) Nobody's coming... so we go.
