Hero by Skillet

Is probably my music obsession for the next few days.

The lyrics go:

I'm just a step away
I'm just a breath away
Losing my faith today
Falling off the edge today

I am just a man
Not superhuman
I'm not superhuman
Someone save me from the hate

It's just another war
Just another family torn
Falling from my faith today
Just a step from the edge
Just another day in the world we live

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero, save me now
I need a hero to save my life
A hero will save me just in time

I've gotta fight today
To live another day
Speaking my mind today
My voice will be heard today

I've gotta make a stand
But I am just a man
I'm not superhuman
My voice will be heard today

It's just another war
Just another family torn
My voice will be heard today
It's just another kill
The countdown begins to destroy ourselves

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero, save me now
I need a hero to save my life
A hero will save me just in time

I need a hero to save my life
I need a hero, just in time
Save me just in time
Save me just in time

Who's gonna fight for what's right?
Who's gonna help us survive?
We're in the fight of our lives
And we're not ready to die

Who's gonna fight for the weak?
Who's gonna make 'em believe?
I've got a hero, I've got a hero
Living in me

I'm gonna fight for what's right
Today I'm speaking my mind
And if it kills me tonight
I will be ready to die

A hero's not afraid to give his life
A hero's gonna save me just in time

I need a hero to save me now
I need a hero, save me now
I need a hero to save my life
A hero will save me just in time

(I need a hero)
Who's gonna fight for what's right?
Who's gonna help us survive?

(I need a hero)
Who's gonna fight for the weak?
Who's gonna make 'em believe?
I've got a hero

I need a hero
A hero's gonna save me just in time



There's a lot to be read from these lyrics, don't you think? There are many different interpretations behind the meanings of these lyrics.


So, Skillet is initially a Christian Rock band. So, there potential meaning could be something about Jesus being our 'hero' and how the human race is 'falling off the edge'. That the whole song is more like a monologue between Jesus and a normal person calling out for Jesus to be our saviour.


Being the atheist I am, I see how it could be interoperated this way, but I'm going to take it more into a fantasy way. Like, it's a monologue between a person and a hero. For a prime example, I'm going to give you Ben 10, probably the epitome of my growing obsessions at the moment. Ben  stands for the week, he makes people believe. He motivates and the 'weak' in this sense are the people who've lost hope and need someone to stand up for them again.


Or in the context of the story I'm writing now, it could be interoperated many ways. Danny could be seen as the week and the hero. Weak Danny is the Danny that doesn't remember and wants his memory, constantly hiding behind drugs and trying to avoid what he's supposed to be. And hero Danny, is the Danny that people expect Danny Istari to be. Someone who's going to defend the 'weak' from the magicians. The bridge between both of them.


I like to look at it in this context because it gives me a lot of ideas on what to do with my story. Especially with the sequels, and what I have planned for the rest of the book(s). Lyrically, I think the song is really really inspiring. There are literally many more ways you could view at it.


I mean, necessarily, the hero doesn't even need to be superhuman. If you look at it in a normal person perspective. The 'Weak' could be considered the person in help, say a person who's suicidal, or suffering from depression. A person whose been lost on the way of life. And the hero would be the person who guides them back on track. That person could be anyone. A person on TV, a close friend. A member of the family. A book. A film. A character. It could literally be anyone or anything.


It could be any scenario. I've named three off the top of my head that I've thought of as I've typed it. 


The song really tells a story, and the separation of the fact that it's sung by two different people, a male and female. Even though it doesn't necessarily mean, that the man is the strong and the women is weak, no, I'm talking about how well the voices blend together and show different perspectives just through the differences in voices.


So, here's the video:





I'm hoping that shows up as a video and not a load of words..... I'm not sure how you do it...


Anyway, hopefully you can interoperate it in any way you want. I might do this kind of thing again. I actually enjoyed talking about the song. 


It's on my list of things to do though to type Chapter 31 of Do You Remember Me? So I'm hoping to get that done tomorrow with about another million things I have to do....


So, see you tomorrow!


Night!