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iTunes Session
A Real Hero

TRACK

A Real Hero

Release date: 2009

From iTunes Session

Alternative Music

About This Track

"A Real Hero" is a track by alt-J, from the album iTunes Session, released 2009. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 10 articles about alt-J.

About the Artist

alt-J

alt-J

Lyrics

A Real Hero

Real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

And a real hero

Back against the wall and odds

With the strength of a will and a cause

Your pursuits are called outstanding

You're emotionally complex

Against the grain of dystopic claims

On the thoughts

Your actions entertained

And you have proved to be

A real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

A pilot on a cold, cold morn'

One-hundred fifty-five people on board

All safe and all rescued

From the slowly sinking ship

Water warmer than his head

So cool in that tight bind

Knew what to do

And you have proved to be

A real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

And a real hero

Real human being

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From iTunes Session

2009

Album

16th April 2013

Release year

2009

1Interlude I (iTunes Session)
1:10
2Tessellate (iTunes Session)
3:03
3Fitzpleasure (iTunes Session)
3:31
4Breezeblocks (iTunes Session)
3:46
5Buffalo (iTunes Session)
3:18
6Matilda (iTunes Session)
4:02
7A Real Hero (iTunes Session)
1:59
8Taro (iTunes Session)
4:49
—Buffalo
—A Real Hero

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alt-J — Montreal
alt-J — Surefire (Gus alt-J Remix)
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alt-J — The Actor (Ben De Vries Remix)
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alt-J — Walk a Mile (from The Dream) [6:30]
alt-J — Delta (from The Dream) [1:00]
alt-J — Philadelphia (from The Dream) [3:38]
alt-J — U&Me (from The Dream) [3:19]
alt-J — Chicago (from The Dream) [3:55]
alt-J — Happier When You're Gone (from The Dream) [4:00]
alt-J — Losing My Mind (from The Dream) [4:42]
alt-J — Hard Drive Gold (from The Dream) [2:38]
alt-J — Bane (from The Dream) [5:10]
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alt-J — Fitzpleasure (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [3:44]
alt-J — Bloodflood, Pt II (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [5:01]
alt-J — Warm Foothills (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [3:09]
alt-J — Bloodflood (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [4:25]
alt-J — Breezeblocks (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [4:15]
alt-J — Left Hand Free (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [3:11]
alt-J — Hunger of the Pine (Live) (from Live at Red Rocks (Deluxe)) [5:21]
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alt-J — Every Other Freckle (Take A Daytrip Remix)
alt-J — Breezeblocks (Icarus Moth Remix)
alt-J — Left Hand Free (Lido Remix)
alt-J — Bloodflood Pt. II (from This Is All Yours)
alt-J — ❦ (Garden of England) (from This Is All Yours)
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alt-J — Breezeblocks (from An Awesome Wave) [3:47]
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alt-J — Dissolve Me (from An Awesome Wave) [3:59]
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alt-J — Something Good (from An Awesome Wave) [3:38]
alt-J — Interlude III (Piano) (from An Awesome Wave) [0:54]
alt-J — Ms (from An Awesome Wave) [3:59]
alt-J — Fitzpleasure (from An Awesome Wave) [3:39]
alt-J — Taro (from An Awesome Wave) [5:15]
alt-J — Interlude I (The Ripe & Ruin) (from An Awesome Wave) [1:12]
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alt-J — Taro (French Version)
alt-J — ❦ (Guitar)
alt-J — Breezeblocks (Tom Vek's Remix)
alt-J — Breezeblocks (B-Ju Remix)
alt-J — Breezeblocks (Rockdaworld Remix)
alt-J — Fitzpleasure (bretonLABS Remix)
alt-J — Matilda (Ghostpoet 'Gang Panang Adlit' Remix)
alt-J — Matilda / Fitzpleasure
alt-J — Buffalo (from iTunes Session)
alt-J — 353
alt-J — Leon
alt-J — Portrait

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Credits

Writer: Austin Garrick, David Grillier
Producer: Charlie Andrew
Credited: Austin Garrick, Charlie Andrew, College, David Grillier, Electric Youth