Mariah Carey — Hero Live From the Honda Center Anaheim CA / 2006

[Intro] I wrote a song a while back, even before One Sweet Day and... It was... not my favorite song in the world, but I wrote it... Somebody asked me to write a song, they told me the story and, you know, it was kinda like a moving concept or whatever... And I did it, I was like, you know it's not necessarily what I like per se... But after doing the song over and over again, I have people come up to me and saying... coming up to me and saying Thank you for writing Hero, because it saved my life, it saved my father's life, or it saved my brother's life, or my sister's life, or something of that nature... I said I always have to sing that song whenever I perform because if I don't, you never know who I'm leaving out and, you know what, in times in my life I've had to turn to that song lyrically and- and... you know, flip it onto my own life and sing it to myself, so... It's from the Music Box album and um... it's called Hero, so this is for you guys Thank you Anaheim for being here with me tonight, Orange County, everybody that [?], like incredible I have to thank you so much... And you can sing along to this one too if you want [Verse 1] There's a hero If you look inside your heart You don't have to be afraid Of what you are There's an answer If you reach into your soul And the sorrow that you know Will melt away [Chorus] And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you Ooh yes it does [Verse 2] 'Cause it's a long road When you face the world alone And no one reaches out a hand For you to hold But you can find love, ooh yes you can If you search within yourself And the emptiness you felt Will disappear [Chorus] And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you [Bridge] Lord knows Dreams are hard to follow But don't you let anyone Tear them away Just hold on, and hold on, and hold o-o-on And there will be tomorrow In time You'll find the way [Chorus] And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And then you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you and you and you and you and you and you and you [Outro] That a hero lies in you Every single one of you Oh yes it does, oh yes it does, I know it does A hero lies in you Thank you Jesus Thank you...