Our Hero Songtext
von John Wesley

Our hero lives in a box
At the bottom of a Coca-Cola sign
Like some great alternate god
Flashing messages all of the time
He doesn′t come here to worship
No, no, he comes here to live
And at night he crawls through the city
To take whatever we don't give

He used to have a little baby
But a fragile thing can soon be gone
A little girl never hurt you and me
But her, she didn′t last long
And our hero stares at the stars
Watches them turn red and white
He says, "These are men who have made this
And this is not God's light"


And he says
"Hear me, hear me
I'm at the bottom of the red and the white sign
Hear me, do you hear me?"

Our hero can′t read
So he don′t know what that sign says
And you can be damn sure
The taste of a Coke never passed his lips
And he knows these are men who have made this
And their day soon must come
And all the people at the bottom
Are praying, "Lord, Thy will be done"

And they're shouting
"Hear me, hear me
I′m at the bottom of the red and the white sign
Hear me, hear me
I'm at the bottom and I am coming for you
I′m coming for you"

Like Don Quixote chasing some dragon into the night
Our hero dreams of the battle where he topples that red knight
He topples that red light


Our hero lays in the grass
Dreaming of his little sweet child
He remembers holding her hands
And touching her little sweet smile
If a man can create this neon tower into the sky
Where the hell was the god of the Coca-Cola sign
The night she died?

And he says
"Hear me, hear me
I'm at the bottom of the red and the white sign
Hear me, hear me
I′m at the bottom and I'm coming for you
Hear me, do you hear me?
I'm at the bottom
Oh, I′m at the bottom of the sign
The red and the white sign
And I′m coming for you
And I'm coming for you
Oh, I′m at the bottom of the sign
The red and the white sign
And I'm coming for you
I′m coming for you
Oh, I'm at the bottom of the sign
Do you hear me?
I′m at the bottom
Oh, I'm at the bottom of the sign
The red and the white sign
Oh, and I'm coming for you
And I′m coming for you
Oh, oh, I′m at the bottom of the sign
And I'm coming for you
Oh, oh, I′m at the bottom of
Oh, the red and the white sign
Oh, I'm at the bottom of the sign
And I′m coming for you
Oh, oh, I'm at the bottom of the sign"