It's too late baby, there's no turning around
I've got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
This is how I do
When I think about you
I never thought that you could break me apart
I keep a sinister smile and a hold of my heart
You want to get inside
Then you need to get in line
But not this time

Cause you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming

I feel like a hero and you are my heroine

I won't try to philosophize
I'll just take a deep breath and I'll look in your eyes
This is how I feel
And its so surreal
I got a closet filled up to the brim
With the ghosts of my past and the skeletons
And I don't know why
You'd even try
But I won't lie

You caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming

I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart all locked down
And then you turned me around
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded

And you caught me off guard
Now I'm running and screaming

I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded

(I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
And I feel a weakness coming on
Never felt so good to be so wrong
Had my heart on lockdown
And then you turned me around
(Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
I'm feeling like a new born child
Every time I get a chance to see you smile
It's not complicated
I was so jaded



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Track duration: 03:52


Hero/Heroine song meanings
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  • +1
    Song Meaning:i always thought (and still do) that it was "i keep a sinister smile and a hole in my heart.." not hold of my heart... makes more sense to me... because i feel like the song is about a guy who had a girl and now he lost her suddenly ("you caught me off guard") now hes going crazy and would do anything for her and just wants to go to her. (now im running and screaming) and he feels amazing when hes with her and things were great. (i feel like a hero, and youre my heroine) he was so sick of just going into relationships and them not being great, but when he was with her things were amazing (i was so jaded). and her love is the sweetest sin because it feels so right that he felt like there was something sinful. but really he just loved her entirely. theres no chance letting her get away, he already knows how incredible she is and theres no way he'll ever let her go (its too late baby theres no turning around). hes not going to try to explain everything with a long thought out answer on why she should take him back (i wont try to philosophize) hes just going to give it to her straight (ill take a deep breath and ill look in your eyes) he has had a long past of bad girlfriends and secrets (closet filled up to the brim... skeletons) and hes happy that she doesnt judge him for any of it.(dont know why you'd even try)... sorry i kinda jumped aroound the song a little, but thats how i read it, but thats also exactly whats going on in my life so thats what i want the song to be about. thanks :)
    Flag toxxic171on July 18, 2012   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:i think its about a guy who usually has all of these girlfriends but then one girl changes him and he cant live without her
    Flag greenday21on February 25, 2011   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:i think its about a guy who usually has all of these girlfriends but then one girl changes him and he cant live without her
    Flag greenday21on February 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:You caught me off guard, NOW I'M RUNNING AND SCREAMING... hahaha that sends some weird images flashing through my head :)
    Flag Delilah8on August 10, 2010   Link
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    My Interpretation:for me, it talks about that the boy has a hard time with her girl, theyre fightin and fighting but they don't want to break up .. then this guy met another girl, who comforts her everytime they fight, and the guy never thought that he will fall for her, same as the girl. the boy dedicate this song to the one who comforts her.
    Flag charlez028on March 22, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:this song is for me because ive meet a girl a very beautiful girl who had just lost her relationship with her bf...and i save her makes me a hero but she still love him and i knew she really was,,,,but i still let her inside of me..........even if shes using me...i know this song is not for rebound but some of it was bit kinda close to mine so..........btw i really like this song and the band......:D
    Flag kenomoteon December 19, 2009   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:this song is for me because ive meet a girl a very beautiful girl who had just lost her relationship with her bf...and i save her makes me a hero but she still love him and i knew she really was,,,,but i still let her inside of me..........even if shes using me...i know this song is not for rebound but some of it was bit kinda close to mine so..........btw i really like this song and the band......:D
    Flag kenomoteon December 19, 2009   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:i think this song is pretty damn literal. i think he really is or was addicted to heroine and used the cute stuff in the lyrics to cover it up and make it seem like its about true love or some girl when really its about heroine. think about it.
    Flag switchadrianon October 04, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:WOW THIS BAND IS GAY AS FUCK
    Flagged Headbanger420on August 15, 2009   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:It's too late baby, there's no turning around
    I've got my hands in my pocket and my head in a cloud
    This is how I do
    When I think about you
    I never thought that you could break me apart
    I keep a sinister smile and a hold of my heart
    You want to get inside
    Then you need to get in line
    But not this time

    He's saying its too late for her to pull out now and say nevermind, and too late for him to walk away. They're both in this. He's scared, but he's going forward and he's so into this new feeling he's dreaming and hoping. He dreams of a happy future with her. He never thought she could get into his heart. He kept a cold exterior and didn't let anyone get close, despite the fact that so many tried, but she wasn't like the last one.

    Cause you caught me off guard
    Now I'm running and screaming

    She caught him off guard and he's running and screaming metaphorically, running from what he's scared of, but not really being able to.

    I feel like a hero and you are my heroine

    He feels like he's good, like he's worth something and she's the one who saved him, she's his queen. It can also be a play on words to mean he's addicted to her as well. To some listeners, it may mean that he replace one addiction that he got off of, with her, another.

    I won't try to philosophize
    I'll just take a deep breath and I'll look in your eyes
    This is how I feel
    And its so surreal
    I got a closet filled up to the brim
    With the ghosts of my past and the skeletons
    And I don't know why
    You'd even try
    But I won't lie

    He's not going to try and figure out what on earth he did to deserve her. He's just gonna take it all in and be honest and show her how much he cares. Idk if it's surreal or so so real, but either way, his emotions are very real, but they are so foreign and strange. He has so many mistakes and problems in his past and he doesn't understand why she even bothers with him. Maybe its bad relationships, maybe its drugs, the person this song reminds me of had both of those and a stay in prison. But he's not gonna lie about the fact that he's so caught up with her.

    You caught me off guard
    Now I'm running and screaming

    I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
    Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

    Its the sweetest sin because he feels its wrong for her to give him her love and for him to take her as his and "ruin" her. He thinks its a sin that someone so amazing should stoop to his level, but of everything, its the "sweetest sin" its something so wrong, yet so joyful, so wonderful.

    And I feel a weakness coming on
    Never felt so good to be so wrong
    Had my heart all locked down
    And then you turned me around
    I'm feeling like a new born child
    Every time I get a chance to see you smile
    It's not complicated
    I was so jaded

    Love is his weakness. He never thought he could love again, be loved again, and he's so happy he was wrong. He had his heart locked down and wasn't letting anyone in, but she changed that. He feels like he has a new chance at life, new hope for the future because of her, and that its not as complicated as he thought. He was so cold and jaded, but she changed it.

    And you caught me off guard
    Now I'm running and screaming

    I feel like a hero and you are my heroine
    Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?

    (I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
    And I feel a weakness coming on
    Never felt so good to be so wrong
    Had my heart on lockdown
    And then you turned me around
    (Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
    I'm feeling like a new born child
    Every time I get a chance to see you smile
    It's not complicated
    I was so jaded

    (I feel like a hero and you are my heroine)
    And I feel a weakness coming on
    Never felt so good to be so wrong
    Had my heart on lockdown
    And then you turned me around
    (Do you know that your love is the sweetest sin?)
    I'm feeling like a new born child
    Every time I get a chance to see you smile
    It's not complicated
    I was so jaded
    Flagged dragongirl92on July 30, 2009   Link

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