I met you once backstage, at a very tender age,
You took me under your wing,
And I remember those seas of screaming hands were at your own command,
So hypnotised when you'd sing.

Oh, and there seemed to be a price to pay,
Getting bigger every day.

And you were larger than life,
Weak, reluctant hero,
Larger than life,
And it must be hard to keep living the things that you say when they're making you larger than life.

I'm learning what it means to be somebody's dream when I'm looking for the dream myself, oh, oh, oh,
But that's not really me; they're twisting what they see,
There's only one hero to milk.

Oh, and there seems to be a price to pay,
Getting higher every day.

Oh, larger than life,
Weak, reluctant hero,
Larger than life,
And I know it's hard to keep living the things that we say when they're making us larger...larger than life.

And the higher you're above it all the easier it is to fall, oh.

Larger than life,
Larger than life, oh.