Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His mamma said he was crazy - he said mamma "I've got to try"
Don't you know that all my heroes died
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away



I do however think that BoR is the best song lyrically overall.

Its a long time since they pulled of any genius in terms of lyrics.