I was young and so obsessed
All my friends said you're the best
So I just assumed you were nice
I love the way you are a star
I love the way you play guitar
You don't even look like you're trying

I wish that we never met
Every day I'm suffering regret
But, then again, it made me who I am
There ain't a damn thing I would change

Except don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem
I just should've kept them on my TV screen
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

It felt like I lived in your dream
Did I hurt your self-esteem?
I hope I make it in your memoir
I don't mean to be a pessimist (I don't mean to be a pessimist)
But I would never say Heaven sent (I would never say Heaven sent)
You thought I was lighting them for you [?]
I wish that we never met (that we never met)
Every day I'm suffering regret (suffering regret)
But, then again, it made me who I am (who I am)
There ain't a damn (there ain't a damn), that I would change

Except don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem (not as they seem)
I just should've kept them on my TV screen (on my TV screen)
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell (put me through hell)
Now, don't meet your heroes without (without), knowing yourself

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Don't meet your heroes, they're not as they seem (not as they seem)
I just should've kept them on my TV screen
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (knowing yourself)
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I learnt my lesson when they put me through hell
Now, don't meet your heroes without knowing yourself

Knowing yourself
Yourself, yourself, yourself