Benjamin, Alec - Death Of A Hero Lyrics






I was in Pittsburgh when I saw Superman in the backroom
He was doing lines or something in the bathroom
I barely recognized him at all
I saw him doing things you shouldn't do with all that power
I wish someone would've thrown him in the shower
I barely recognized him at all

That night I put my youth in a casket
And buried it inside of me
That night I saw through all the magic
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
I burned all the pictures in the attic
And threw away the magazines
That night I saw through all the magic
And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero

I tried to look away but you can't look away from a trainwreck
The things he said to girls, well they were shameless
I barely recognized him at all
I tried to help but he said he "was just too far from saving"
And nothing I could say was gonna change him
I barely recognized him at all

That night I put my youth in a casket
And buried it inside of me
That night I saw through all the magic
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
I burned all the pictures in the attic
And threw away the magazines
That night I saw through all the magic
And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero

The death of a hero he couldn't be saved
Now I'm cutting the grass and I'll cover his grave
I'll cover his grave
The death of a hero I'm turning the page
Now I'm cutting the grass and I'll cover his grave
I'll cover his grave

That night I put my youth in a casket
And buried it inside of me
That night I saw through all the magic
Now I'm a witness to the death of a hero
I burned all the pictures in the attic
And threw away the magazines
That night I saw through all the magic
And now I'm a witness to the death of a hero





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  1. A.... D....

    I was listening to this song with one ear bud in then I just had to put the other ear bud in because alec is just sooooooo good

  2. u.... n....

    for me i picture this is about him finding someone he admired doing this stuff and then stops admriring them although ik it is superman but this is just what i think

  3. C.... M....

    I’m from Pittsburgh and this hit hard

  4. M.... S....

    I realize this is supposed to be about a father or a hero like that, but for me, it fits for my ex-boyfriend. Once I got medicated, once I started getting healthy, I stopped idolizing him, slowly but surely. He always uses his illness to excuse everything he does. But he was negligent. When I was hurting, I had to beg for him to help me feel better. I had to beg for his respect of my needs.


    Now I'm with someone new. He's desperate to make me know I'm loved. He's desperate to BE loved. We brag about each other to our friends. We call out to the world about how AWESOME the other is. My ex never did that. He never showed me off. He never even wanted to, beyond letting me be an ornament.


    My ex's double standards are beneath me. I'm gonna be out here thriving.

    M.... S....

    you dumb or dumb? he said superman not dad learn to listen

    M.... S....

    why would his dad be in magazin

  5. Y.... c....

    My Theory: he had an adult he looked up to in his younger years and stumbled upon them emotionally, physically and or sexually abusing a girl or several girls...possibly even people he knew to make it worse...

  6. M.... ....

    I have something to say that might be cringe


    I wish everyone a happy life, bad people can be redeemed, we just think there bad

    We grow as humans and look back at our childhood

    I wish you all a happy life and a merry Christmas

  7. A.... P....

    Love this song

  8. A.... W....

    did the hero (dad) commit suicide?

  9. h.... u....

    This reminds me of all the good people I've seen become not so good and had to drop them😫

  10. S.... C....

    I can’t stop listening to this.
    This made me feel better after I left this amazing place in Virginia and I had to go back to New York.

  11. C.... ....

    Now, dont stop reading, it's not a hate comment.




    We need more dislikes, cuz more dislikes means WAY more likes and views <3

  12. F.... A....

    Roses are Red
    Violets are Blue
    If you love Alec

    Make this Blue
    ↓ ♡❤️

  13. L.... Z....

    oh, superman or Dad??

  14. L.... Z....

    Alec I love this song and, all your other songs:)

  15. M.... T....

    Idk why but my first thought was that a little kid saw an actor who played a superhero doing drugs in the back

  16. E.... B....

    More love in my heart for him and his music than I knew was possible💜

  17. C.... n....

    Seeing green screen man bullying noobs on roblox:

  18. R.... G....

    I think this is about him having an idle as a hero, and saw him taking drugs. When he saw this, I'm guessing he automatically lost trust in his idle.

  19. S.... N....

    Superman doing cocaine 😂👌

  20. K.... B....

    I can relate too this if you can leave a like

  21. J.... Y....

    DEATH OF HERO

  22. M.... P....

    He might’ve had a brother and his brother was in a bathroom and he was feeling really suicidal so maybe he decided to overdose and he was there when he saw his brother do that then he realize that the world wasn’t such a beautiful place that everyone told him it was so when he said he put his youth in a casket and buried it deep inside him he meant he had to be mature at a young age


    Idk I’m just guessing 😑😑

  23. u.... L....

    You want something funny so everbodys like the super. Hero is the dad but i think it was justin biber just trying to make yall laugh becuse he looked like a good person but hes not i am joking no ofences

  24. S.... t....

    You had one job superman

  25. M.... ....

    See, when i was 8 my dad died. He did a lot of drugs, was a bad alcoholic, i watched him beat his girlfriends, and cuss out my step-brothers. I looked up to him, until i got older and realized, he was a terrible man to everyone in his family besides me, my uncle, and my grandma. I was his only biological child. And i realized at a young age i was his princess, his everything, but he refused to make important changes. I have such bad anxiety now, PTSD, and when i got older, my heros image died, long after he did. I love my father yes. But i never really think i knew that my hero was really the villan in the story. And i was just the villans backstory. Or at least a part of it.

  26. A.... N....

    I have witnessed the death of too many heroes even the one in my dreams

  27. J.... J....

    Love this song. Song to me is about losing your innocence. Something we unfortunately all have to face. They say death is at the end of life, but death happens us all throughout life, losing our innocence is one of them. Death of a hero, death of our innocence. A role model we looked up to as a child, we realize to be as flawed as the rest of us. The world isn’t fair. No ones perfect. We all have flaws. Santa Claus doesn’t exist, but the companies profiting off Christmas do. No fun to hear? Yep, I know, that’s losing your innocence. Great song mate, we all can relate.

  28. J.... R....

    Soft lovely voice😘😘

  29. R.... M....

    listen this back right after knowing my hero did smth dirty,, he really was my inspiration but now it's even hurts to say that i love him.

  30. S.... C....

    This gives me BNHA vibes, so much of it

  31. Z.... C....

    I dont know why this reminds me of Tony and Peter
    Ps. Alec s music is awesome

  32. S.... �....

    😭😢👏

  33. �.... �....

    So sad..

  34. S.... Q....

    300th comment💖

  35. �.... �....

    “ i wish someone could throw him at shower” 😅

  36. �.... �....

    It's beautiful!

  37. L.... u....

    can someone please make an edit of Peter Parker and Ironman to this song??? i'll actually cry

  38. D.... C....

    I saw Superman once to Alice.......




    It was my dog sorry Alice but he is super man to me

  39. K.... G....

    But today I saw the rise of a hero any guesses who?? Alec Benjamin yesssss that's you

  40. N.... J....

    A lil request here, A Little Longer By Armon Jay. 😇

  41. S.... R....

    His voice is so good!!!!!!!!

  42. C.... O....

    whats so uniqe about alec's music are, even if its so calm and sounds so beautifully created, it has actually amotions flowing into your body when u sing along, gives you the feeling of what the story is about, truly underrated singer right there

  43. D.... K....

    Why is every top comment the same thing?

  44. I.... S....

    Well BAKUGO
    IS MY HERO

    I.... S....

    Kaccan better not be doing drugs deku would be sad

  45. M.... ....

    Who else was thinking of Bob from stranger things because of the title?

  46. C.... ....

    I relate to this. I thought of my dad as a hero for so long

  47. A.... Z....

    I just want to know the story behind this song, like I want to know if he's talking about his dad or he saw someone wearing a superhero's costume, and he saw that person do something that changed how he saw that/ his mind about that person. Or that he saw his dad die and he thought that heroes don't die.






    Sorry for any English mistake, English is not my first language so yeah.
    P.S this is just my little tiny theory about this song

  48. _.... ....

    “That night I put my youth in a casket and buried it inside of me” I felt that... that hit me right in the feels

  49. a.... ....

    When the "subscribed?" Poll came up instead of keeping the second option at 100% I picked the first option, "y e s" and ruined it by making 33%.

    a.... ....

    The Magical Kitty-Tato you madlad

  50. K.... A....

    I love his voice so ya 😍😍😍😍

  51. T.... ....

    The physical pain of “That night I put my youth in a casket” really gets to me every time.

  52. K.... S....

    I know many people are saying its his dad, but I thought of it like a younger sibling talking about his older brother.

  53. S.... S....

    Aye, any yinzers from dahntahn Picksburgh? Eh, I'll wait for 'ere for a reply while eating my Primanti's samitch and drinkin' some pop while watching da Stillers game, n'at.

    I'm so sorry

  54. A.... A....

    All the 93 people who disliked, did you become blind and accidentally press the dislike button?

  55. I.... S....

    I am so in love with alec's voice ❤❤❤

  56. H.... W....

    I WAS AT WORK YESTERDAY, AND HIS SONG WAS PLAYED OVER THE SPEAKERS, I HAD TO STOP FOR A SECOND I WAS SO FREAKIN HAPPY ♡

  57. D.... o....

    Lyrics misspelled but the entire point of the lyric video kek

  58. S.... N....

    I was a fangirl and i am.

  59. J.... M....

    Comments: It's about his dad
    Me: Captain America: Civil War!! #TeamStark4life

  60. I.... L....

    I love you 3000

  61. A.... I....

    @aparadisebird how is it that you always choose the most appropriate backdrops ? It's just too perfect 💜❤

  62. t.... p....

    I always relate this to Boku no hero academia. Especially Hawks and the Todorokis. He always idolised Endeavor and I'm sure if he finds out/ found out about his actual behavior he would be distraught.

    t.... p....

    Didn't expect anime fans to be here

  63. L.... M....

    That would not happen with All Might

  64. �.... u....

    this makes me think about the umbrella academy wth

  65. R.... F....

    This reminds me of Tony Stark's death buhuhuhuhu T~T

    R.... F....

    Don't you dare make everone cry

  66. j.... r....

    What happened to this boi? I dont get this story

  67. S.... B....

    Alec Benjamin is a good singer his voice touches inside the heart......his songs r so beautiful that I can almost cry 😆😭😢

  68. Y.... k....

    This reminds me of Deku and All Might

  69. M.... J....

    for some reason i interpret this as a dude looking back and his present self like that night he put his youth in a casket like he saw the best version of himself die and how disapppointed he is in the new him idk anyone agree with me?

  70. M.... ....

    my parents say if i listen to this song any louder they'll smash my head against the keyborndwfobivejwi8injevbh2itvvdnfebirnglvqefbht1im;cakdqetbn]

  71. L.... X....

    god i still love Alex Benjamin, i saw him at a concert on the 13th February and omg i actually love him so much!!!

  72. M.... ....

    i think the story is a kid seeing his father (or someone higher than him) as a hero? but one day he’s they’ll harassing women and being gross and that image changes

  73. u.... p....

    My uncle used to buy me all sorts of things. He would always act crazy and cool he was my hero* l later learned he was on drugs and stealing robbing people ...at first I wanted to help so for years I tried to help until he did something unforgivable so I disowned him this reminds me of this song

  74. L.... B....

    Am I the only one who hears "I barely recognized the metal" instead of "I barely recognized him at all"?

  75. P.... D....

    i came here after seungri's scandal😐(some kpop fans will know about the scandal)

  76. H.... P....

    Everyone is saying how “Superman” represents his dad, but I thought he just saw a man dressed up as Superman doing cocaine

  77. A.... F....

    I relate to this song on a spiritual level. I am a girl, but my dad was my hero. I am his only daughter, but I don’t think he cared that much. He got drunk a lot but I didn’t know it. I’m pretty sure he did drugs. One night I was at his house (my parents aren’t together), and he got drunk in front of me. It threw tons of anxiety and depression on my shoulders. I’m better now, but I saw through the magic that day and left him behind.

    Thanks for reading my vent.

    A.... F....

    *_I Love you_*

    A.... F....

    I'm sooo sorry that you had to go through that. I would hate for anyone to have to go through that, and I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy. However, sadly, this is the world we're growing up in, and there is very little we can do about it.

    A.... F....

    I'm sooo sorry that you had to go through that. I would hate for anyone to have to go through that, and I wouldn't wish that upon my worst enemy. However, sadly, this is the world we're growing up in, and there is very little we can do about it.

    A.... F....

    Me too. I felt that too much but I havent moved on 😭

  78. J.... Y....

    He is soo underrated but why?? His voice and the song they are just perfect! Everyone has to know him

  79. M.... M....

    I'm always listening 2 his songs before, without knowing who's the singger. But now.. Wow. His great.

  80. U.... E....

    I ugly cry when I listen to this. Hits so close to home

  81. K.... T....

    Do you know what this actually means I think his father died and his dad was his hero does anyone understand that

  82. y.... z....

    Why the hell r u soooooooooooo underrated!!!

  83. A.... I....

    1. I woke up

    2. I went to school

    3. I saw my crush

    4. I hugged him

    5. I kissed him.


    Sooo.... Its 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

    *Then 1.*

    A.... I....

    Love that😂

    A.... I....

    HA RELATABLE!!

  84. N.... b....

    I like to picture Superman as life .
    When we're Young we love life so much , we're full of Hope , hope of being successful , of finding love , then soon enough the reality of life hits you so hard , nothing you planned happens , people disappoint you all the time , people you love die , you work at a job you hate , you see how ugly humanity has become and those sweet moment become so so rare .
    So for me when I was young life was my hero , as I gotten old i'am seeing the death of it.

  85. M.... t....

    For people wondering what this song means: Alec explained in an interview that the song is about someone he looked up to, but he caught them in the bathroom doing drugs or something. Then he realized he had to grow up.. so basically that’s why the song is called Death of a Hero. :)

    -Alexios

    M.... t....

    why this sounds like someone i looked up

    M.... t....

    I know. That's why I left a prediction. I watched the interview. Thanks for doing this, though. :)

  86. K.... b....

    everytime he says 'inside of me' i hear sodomy, and i cant unhear it.... help

    K.... b....

    same, I had to find the lyrics to convince myself I was hearing something different...

  87. f.... b....

    3:08 what was that

  88. c.... k....

    I don't want to grow up

  89. �.... H....

    I bet you really love Alec Benjamin, because you’re making his songs very enjoyable with all the pictures and fonts. Some people like you deserve more than they have because they are grateful and show no hate. Oh, god would love you.

  90. O.... L....

    I love this song so much 🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧♥️♥️

  91. w.... a....

    I didn't know Alec knew Bill Cosby

  92. I.... b....

    I'm binging all Alec's song and I'm 5 in, and basically just crying a lot 😂

  93. I.... P....

    best chorus EVA!!!!!

  94. J.... T....

    It's like he makes these songs about Deku

  95. C.... V....

    I think it's really cool how everyone is being very insightful about the song and all, but in an interview Alec legit says he was just with his friend and went "what if we do something about me being in Pittsburgh and seeing superman do coke?" lmao

  96. M.... C....

    what did he do tho?

  97. l.... ....

    True art <3

  98. �.... �....

    I just love how peaceful Alec’s songs are ❤️💙❤️