Hero

"Hero" is a song by American indie rock band Family of the Year their second studio album Loma Vista. It was released as the album's second single in 2012 through Nettwerk. The song was written by Joe Keefe, and it was produced by American production team Wax Ltd and Family of the Year. It first appeared on the band's 2010 EP Through The Trees in a shorter version. "Hero" was prominently used in Richard Linklater's 2014 film Boyhood.

[Chorus] Let me go I don't wanna be your hero I don't wanna be a big man Just wanna fight with everyone else Your masquerade I don't wanna be a part of your parade Everyone deserves a chance to Walk with everyone else [Verse] While holding down A job to keep my girl around And maybe buy me some new strings And her a night out on the weekend [Verse 2] And we can whisper things Secrets from our American dreams Baby needs some protection But I'm a kid like everyone else So let me go I don't wanna be your hero I don't wanna be a big man I just wanna fight like everyone else [Chorus] So let me go I don't wanna be your hero I don't wanna be a big man Just wanna fight with everyone else Your masquerade I don't wanna be a part of your parade Everyone deserves a chance to Walk with everyone else