Heroes

Not gonna miss you when you're dead and gone Not gonna talk about you over and over and over Not gonna file you under latest nostalgia Nor happily ever after

[I think he's kind of talking to himself, and these are his worries of the future]

Not gonna listen to your played-out songs Don't wanna think about you over and over and over Not gonna read about the latest fads on your trendy blog I want nothing to do with that

[He keeps listening to their old songs and seeing how they changed because everyone is calling them "sell-outs" but he just wants to stop thinking about it and seeing it all over the internet]

Cause you've made a mess of everything (And I'm not listening)

You're not a hero, you're a liar You're not a savior, you're a vampire Sucking the life out of all the friends you've ever known You're just a train wreck, not a winner Up on your soapbox, preaching down to the sinners A saint without a cause We're not listening We're not listening

[He's pretty much insulting himself and pointing out his flaws, as well as thinking that the fans have stopped listening.]

I'm gonna start a revolution Of convoluted disillusion (Start a revolution) I'll lead a war with no conclusion And in the final hour, I'll be a confident coward

[He wants to make music that is different, so even though people think they are "sell-outs" he'll try to prove them wrong]

Cause if we stand for nothing, we'll fall for anything

[He wants his songs to mean something or else they won't stand the test of time]

You're not a hero, you're a liar You're not a savior, you're a vampire Sucking the life out of all the friends you've ever known You're just a train wreck, not a winner Up on your soapbox, preaching down to the sinners A saint without a cause We're not listening We're not listening

Now this is moving in the same direction But I'm a little too spent to care Cause it's a battlefield till it blows over Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

[He thinks that the band is straying towards the way that other so-called "sell-out" bands were going, and he's just getting tired out of it so he wants to try to pull the fans closer, but manages to somewhat prove what they were saying]

We're throwing stones, though we live in glass houses We talk shit; it's a cross to bear You're only relevant until you get older Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Enemies closer

[They're doing bad things they really shouldn't be doing, and talking shit constantly. 'You're only relevant until you get older' is confronting Alex's biggest fear, he stated in an interview that his biggest fear is becoming irrelevant.]

They're gonna miss me when I'm dead and gone They're gonna talk about me over and over and over They're gonna file me under latest nostalgia And happily ever after

[Pep-talking himself that people do like him, and he won't become irrelevant]

I'm not a hero, I'm a liar I'm not a savior, I'm a vampire Sucking the life out of all the friends I've ever known We're a train wreck, not winners On a soapbox, preaching down to the sinners Saints without a cause We're not listening We're not listening We're not listening We're not listening

[Truly accepting all of his faults, and then saying that they're aren't listening to people who are calling them "sell-outs"]