This song is amazing to me on many levels. First the idea that heros are often not the ones that win, but that struggle and lose, yet what they bring to our lives is something triumphant. It is almost unexplainable in a sense, yet in it is death and resurrection. The death of the one that struggled bring a sense and renewl of those around them. The sencond thing is the humanizing of AIDS and vitims of violent crimes. The first stanza is about a gay man who died of AIDS. According to Wikipedia: "Nobody's Hero" is a song by Canadian prog-rock band Rush from their album Counterparts. The first stanza deals with the AIDS-related death of a homosexual man named Ellis, a friend of Neil Peart when Peart lived in London. After the chorus, the third stanza speaks of a girl who was murdered in Peart's hometown, Port Dalhousie. The girl is rumored to have been Kristen French, one of Paul Bernardo's victims. The song charted #3 on the U.S. mainstream rock charts. This made begin to think about who the "heroes" in my life really were and are. Of course Jesus was the greatest Hero to me, that he williingly gave His life for me, to give His life to me, so He can Live His Life through me. How can one not be amazed at this. I am literally resurrected spiritually (and later phyiscially in the New Creation's fulfillment). Of course Rush is not a "Christian" band, yet, God spoke through a donkey in the OT. God can speak  through me (at times I am not much different than that donkey), so I believe at times God can speak through the poets and musicians at times. As you listen ask yourself, "Who are my heroes?" Ask yourself, "How have I dehumanized others?" Then ask yourself, "How can God change this in me?" Then pray and be open to what God has in store. I am not guarrenteeing this will be an easy road, but then without some pain, their is no real growth. Without some scrifice, thier is no real gain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvw1BGXmDZM "Nobody's Hero" I knew he was different in his ...