Be the Hero lyrics - Big Fish

Be the Hero lyrics

Be the Hero


(Edward Bloom)

What if I told you

You could change the world

With just one thought

What if I told you

You could be a king

Anything you desire, boy

Anything on a plate

All within your power to create



I know somewhere in the darkness

There’s a story meant for me

Where I’ll always know exactly what to say

I know somewhere some surprising ending

Waits for me to tell it my own way



Be the hero of your story, if you can

Be the champion in the fight-

Not just the man

Don’t depend on other people

To put paper next to pen

Be the hero of your story, boy, and then

You can rise to be the hero once again



Now the best part of an adventure is the people you meet.



What if I said

I met a witch

When I was very young

What if I said

She showed me how I die



Powerless in the face of it

Terrified in the wood

That was where my life was

Changed for good



Hey!

What if I said

I met a giant,

Wasting in a cave

What if I claimed I rose

To be far braver

Than the brave

All my life of stories, son

And every one is true

So believe me

As I’m telling you



To be the hero of your story

While you may

Be the guy who gets the girl

And saves the day

You don’t need

A book of Greeks

To teach you how

To stay alive

Be the hero of each story

You derive

Then forever you’re

The story who’ll survive



Every tale that you invent

Can be a life

That you make real

Where each character

You meet

Becomes your friend

You don’t need to be

A novelist

To make believe what’s

Waiting ‘round the bend



(Edward & Company)

Be the hero of your story

'Til it's done

Why go promenade when you

Were born to run



(Edward Bloom)

If you understand

This premise

You will never be alone



(Edward & Partial Cast)

You can conquer

Every challenge

You can face each

Stepping stone



(Edward & All)

Be the hero of your story



(Edward Bloom)

What if I swore

I saw a mermaid swimming

In the mist

What if I told you

She would be the first girl

That I kissed

Out there in the water

Filled with eagerness and fear

Here is what she whispered

In my ear:



(Edward & Company)

Be the hero of your story

Be the hero of your story

Be the hero of your story



(Edward Bloom)

Now listen, son: Now one day I met this fisherman, see’



(Frustrated Fisherman)

Oh you gotta help me! If I don’t catch a fish, my family’s gonna starve!



(Edward Bloom)

The fish are sleepin’! You gotta get ‘em movin’. Try the Alabama Stomp!



Works every time!



Something about this rythym really gets their fins movin’. Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man the Alabama Stomp, you feed his soul!



I know somewhere in the future

There’s adventure waits for me

Filled with mystery and people

I can love

I know out there

On the road of life

I’ll live the story I’ve been

Dreaming of



(Company)

Live the story I’ve been

Dreaming of!

Be the hero every time

You get the chance

If the music stops

Continue with the dance



(Edward Bloom)

On a wing or on a prayer

You get there

Only with your voice



(All)

Be attentive

Be inventive

Be the first one to rejoice

With the story in your heart

You won’t need

Any other choice

You’re a hero,

Fighting dragons, winning wars

Be the hero

And the world will soon be yours!

Last Update: April, 01st 2014


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