Hero Worship

Album: The B-52's (1979)
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  • Heroes falling to the ground
    Like Hell's magnet
    Pulls me down
    On my knees
    I try to please his eyes
    His idol eyes

    Jerking motions won't revive him
    Mouth to mouth resusitation
    I just lay down beside him
    And idolize

    Motor, motor
    Broken hearted
    Rusted, rotted
    Falling apart
    A lock of hair
    A belt he wore
    It's not enough
    I WANT MORE

    God give me his soul
    God give me his soul

    Heroes falling to the ground
    Like Hell's magnet
    Pulls me down
    On my knees
    I try to please his eyes
    His idol eyes Writer/s: CATHERINE ELIZABETH PIERSON, CYNTHIA LEIGH WILSON, FREDERICK WILLIAM III SCHNEIDER, KEITH STRICKLAND, RICKY HELTON WILSON, ROBERT WALDROP
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • K from ChicagoThis song is clearly about erectile dysfunction
  • Daria Hudson from PennsylvaniaI never heard it as "HEROES falling to the ground". I heard HE ROSE, falling to the ground. Never questioned hero as plural.
  • Justin from New HampshireThis is the single greatest vocal performance in the history of the B-52s. Cindy Wilson captured my soul.
  • Peter from OhioI read somewhere the song is about when John Lennon walked into a Caribbean island bar the B 52's were working at
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