Hero.

[MKusanagi]

The song "Hero" by Nickelback has a very powerful beat but what was Kroeger thinking when he wrote the lyrics. What does the song mean? It sounds like they don't think a hero will save us and that love leads to ruin yet they say they feel only the love of a hero will do. What is going on in the lyrics? I'll put my spin on it: in a world jaded by violence and with no end in sight the idea of a hero is not believed and yet there is hope that one will come to save this world and only then will this world become better.
Discuss.

This is not about NIckelback, the singers or the quality of the two. This is about the lyrics and what they mean.

And here are the lyrics:

"Hero" by Nickelback
I am so high. I can hear heaven.
I am so high. I can hear heaven.
Oh but heaven, no heaven dont hear me.

And they say that a hero can save us.
Im not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as we all fly away.

Someone told me love will ALL save us.
But how can that be, look what love gave us.
A world full of killing, and blood-spilling
That world never came.

And they say that a hero can save us.
Im not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as we all fly away.

Now that the world isnt ending, its love that Im sending to you.
It isnt the love of a hero, and thats why I fear it wont do.

And they say that a hero can save us.
Im not gonna stand here and wait.
I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles.
Watch as we all fly away.

And they're watching us
(Watching Us)
And they're watching us
(Watching Us)
As we all fly away.