Weezer Releases Song "Hero" As New Covid-19 Anthem

Concerts aren't the only thing impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Album releases are being delayed now too. Weezer has now said that they don't know yet when the new album, Van Weezer, will be released because they don't want to give a new date and then have to change it again. So for now, the band is telling fans to "stay tuned" and to help us do that, they've released "Hero," a new single from the album that is for "for the stay at home dreamers, the zoom graduators, the sourdough bakers, and the essential workers." Check out the official music video below featuring people all across the country as they share Rivers Cuomo's letter to the heroes.

The band also said on their YouTube channel that they are working to get us all the new Weezer we "can handle" and they said they have some surprises that they'll be revealing later this week as well.

Here are the full lyrics to "Hero" from Weezer's YouTube Channel:

When I was a kid I thought I'd save the world
Running 'round and chasing all the criminals
Swinging on a web, flying in the sky
Shooting lasers from my eyes
But now I know it never was my destiny
It's not my place in life, not who I'm meant to be
And I don't need the glory, I don't need the fame
And I don't wanna wear this cape

‘Cause on the inside
I know it won't last
On the inside
I'm an outcast

Everybody needs a hero but I'm not everybody else
I walk alone
Yeah, I walk alone yeah, I walk alohone, eyeah
You know I tried to be a hero but I was lying to myself
I walk alone
Yeah, I walk alone yeah, I walk alohone, eyeah

They build you up and then they're gonna tear you down They love you then they hate you if you wear a crown
It’s not that I don’t love to solve a mystery
But life is hard enough with one identity
If silence is the voice of a new generation
Then I could live up to all of your expectations
I'd hammer down hard like I'm Iron Fist
Then disappear like I don't exist
And on the inside
I know it won't last
On the inside
I'm an outcast