[Verse 1] Sometimes I stand on that podium high And I swear I can hear my old man's sigh Did I sell the only thing that made me true Just to hear a crowd cheer my name for you [Chorus] Am I the hero or am I the traitor Same two hands, just a different label They wave a flag for the man I've become But I wonder some nights who I really was [Verse 2] The men who chased me now shake my hand The men I ran with don't understand I used to be a ghost, now I'm a face on a wall Was it worth losin' myself to have it all [Chorus] Am I the hero or am I the traitor Same two hands, just a different label They wave a flag for the man I've become But I wonder some nights who I really was [Bridge] Maybe there ain't no difference at all Maybe a hero's just a traitor who didn't fall Maybe the road don't care what name it's given Maybe it's the runnin' that keeps a man livin' [Chorus] (full band swells in) Am I the hero or am I the traitor Same two hands, just a different label They wave a flag for the man I've become But I wonder some nights who I really was [Outro] (ghostly wordless female voice fading out)
