Kill Your Heroes Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MichaelaC 

Cover art for Kill Your Heroes lyrics by Awolnation

I appreciate this song and I personally adore it. The song has helped me personally. The first time I heard it was on YouTube. I liked the sound when it was featured and decided to listen to the whole song. The song made me feel alive and high, with the combination of the music and the lyrics.

My interpretation of the song is about not letting anything stop me from living and succeeding in life.

"Never let your fear decide your fate." is the line that stuck to me, that caught my attention. I needed to hear that.

"No need to worry cuz, everybody will die."

I hear him saying do not waste time worrying about anything because in the end we will all die.

"Everyday we just go, go..." I hear him saying to me everyday people die, we all do die and will die, so live life to the fullest, do not worry, and do not let fear decide and control your fate and future.

"Well the sun one day will Leave us all behind. Unexplainable sightings In the sky. Well I hate to be The one to ruin the night. Right before your, right before your eyes."

I hear him saying death will come, no matter how; the earth might end or your life will end, no matter what, death will come. He hates to tell it like it is before your eyes, but it is the fact and we must be aware and try our best to live and be something in life-something good in society.

The first verse is Awolnation's main idea, or point.

There are lines in the song I do not understand, such as "Kill your heroes" and "Don't you worry we love you more than you know." All I can do is guess and analyze.

It could be the band saying they love us, or people might love you more than you'll ever know, such as your family, friends, even acquaintances.

"Kill your heroes"..... Killing your heroes is a bad thing thus I think he is using it to mean something else-make your mistakes, you will make bad decisions but do not worry, do not let fear control your fate:

The video is funny, I love the fact that the song that makes me feel alive and does a lot for me has a video to make me laugh and smile.

The song's structure is so simple, but the lyrics are so powerful and even the rock music is powerful. This song is one of those songs that does not come out nowadays; it is a message, it makes you think, it makes people analyze the song's meaning, and it touched someone's life, mine.

My Interpretation

"Kill your heroes"- not literally of course, but don't dedicate your whole life to reach your hero's level. Don't feel that you have to live up to anything. Let go and do what will make you happy because you only have so much time. "Don;t you worry we love you more than you know"- you can never possibly know how much you mean to people, so don't agonize over it and feel like you have to impress people. They will love you regardless.