A/N: I was trying to work on my "Livia" series, but
Eve and the gang were being too stubborn for their own good.
Sorry for the huge delay; I have not given up on that yet!! I
took a break and wrote this little ditty. It's a bunch of my
favorite Xena quotes, maybe there's even a little bit of advice
mixed in there, set to the tune of "Hero" by Mariah
Carey. I didn't write the peisodes these are from, and I didn't
write the song, so please don't sue me.
There's a hero,
if you look inside your heart,
"I don't run from my problems, I confront them."
You don't have to be afraid of what you are.
"I don't care much for popularity."
There's an answer,
if you reach into your soul
"Don't be sorry ... just improve."
And the sorrow that you know will melt away.
"You can't sacrifice yourself for every deity that comes
along! Stop looking for someone to follow, and maybe you can be
your own leader. Haven't you ever felt happy just to be yourself?"
And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on.
And you cast your fears aside,
and you know you can survive.
"I know what it's like to chase Destiny. You can't win."
So when you feel like hope is gone,
look inside you and be strong,
and you'll finaly see the truth,
that a hero lies in you.
"You shouldn't be in so much of a hurry to grow up."
It's a long road,
and you face the world alone,
no one reaches out a hand for you to hold.
"People who want the world end up their own worst enemy.
I learned that myself."
You can find love
if you search within yourself.
"Everyone has something in their lives that goes beyond
the Greater Good."
And that emptiness you felt
will disappear.
"You have to pick and chose your battles."
And then a hero comes along
with the strength to carry on
"Every day, I wake up pumped because I know somebody's
waiting just around the next corner. Somebody to challenge me. I
know somebody's gonna defeat me someday. That's why I'm not gonna
stand here talking with a god who doesn't know what to do with
his own immortality. Life's too short."
And you cast your fears aside
and you know you can survive.
"Where I come from, you've got to fight for what you
believe in."
So when you feel like hope is gone,
"It takes great strength to show Compassion."
Look inside you and be strong.
"Warriors like us make our own fate."
And you'll finally see the truth,
"Any fool can risk his life, it takes a hero to risk his
heart."
That a hero lies in you.
"Perhaps a greater wrong is never to fight at all."
That a hero lies in......you.
"I think it doesn't matter where we take a stand
as long as we make one."
