All My Heroes

**All My Heroes** is the sixth track of Gone Now. It was released on June 2, 2017.

## Lyrics

I don't think I can talk about that

One, two, three, and

Waiting alone at the corner

Tryna get myself back home

I don't think I can talk about that

All my heroes got tired

And all the days, they got short

And a love that I dreamt of

Came to me at my worst

Yeah, all the nights I don't remember

Are the ones I can't forget

When all your heroes get tired

I'll be something better yet

I remember driving out of this state

No, nothing dies

Until somebody had sold us

Somebody sold us all kinds of lies

Hey, all the nights I don't remember

Are the ones I can't forget

When all your heroes get tired

I'll be something better yet

Into focus I'll be coming

Into focus I'll be waiting

Into focus I'll be dreaming

Into focus I'll be something better yet

Into focus I'll be coming

Into focus I'll be waiting

Into focus I'll be dreaming

Into focus I'll be something better yet

Into focus I'll be coming

Into focus I'll be waiting

Into focus I'll be dreaming

Into focus I'll be something better yet

Cool

## Commentary

* "[O]n the Bleachers record, there’s this modular synth on “All My Heroes” that sits behind the whole song, and it just literally sounds like sadness in the most killer way." -Jack Antonoff in response to *Entertainment Weekly's* question, "**What weird sound or instrument are you most proud of sneaking into a song this year?"**
* "“**All My Heroes**" is about trying to do better. It’s almost, and no one would ever know this because they sound so different, but it’s almost like a part two to “I Wanna Get Better.” “All My Heroes” to me is like, the adult version of “I Wanna Get Better.” Like, the “I Wanna Get Better” that you shout once you’ve, like touched down in the real world and you’re out of place." -Jack Antonoff, about: "all my heroes"

## Themes & Motifs

###### Heroes / Disappointing heroes

* The Archer: "I wake in the night, I pace like a ghost / The room is on fire, invisible smoke / And all of my heroes die all alone / Help me hold on to you."
* **All My Heroes**: "All my heroes got tired / And all the days, they got short / And a love that I dreamt of / Came to me at my worst."
* **All My Heroes**: "When all your heroes get tired, I'll be something better yet"
* Perfect Places: "All of our heroes fading, now I can't stand to be alone"
* hoax: "You knew the hero died so what's the movie for?"

## Trivia

* Fellow New Jersey native Gerard Way is the face of the emo band My Chemical Romance. They also have lines that follow the "disappointing heroes" motif, including: "We got no heroes 'cause our heroes are dead" from "Tomorrow's Money" and "I spent my high school career spit on and shoved to agree / So I could watch all my heroes sell a car on TV / Bring out the old guillotine, we'll show 'em what we all mean" in "Disenchantment." Jack and Gerard were seen together at Riot Fest 2022.

## References

1. ↑ https://ew.com/music/2017/12/28/jack-antonoff-taylor-swift-lorde-interview/
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZswMr05es&list=PLsh4QmACcJ6fbq5vgJKJhIqSikGPKRy2v&index=7&ab\_channel=bleachers
3. ↑ File:2022-09-16 Jack x Gerard Way 1.jpg