The Heroes We Thought We Were - Wilbur & Eret's Song (Dream SMP)

Neither of us were the heroes that we thought we were.

I felt very inspired by a recent Wilbur stream to write this song. Ever since Wilbur's return to the Dream SMP, his character has had to face the consequences of his actions. He's been trying to make it up to everyone, going around and apologizing to all of the friends he's wronged. One person he didn't even have on his list of apologies was Eret. Little did he know just how much he had wronged his old friend. Wilbur always liked to think of himself as better than "Eret The Traitor," yet they were far more alike than he realized. Neither of them were the heroes they thought they were.

Another big thanks to Claudio Tristano, who did the amazing guitar work and mastered the song!

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Chords:
Verse: D Bm Em Gm
Chorus: Bm G D A
End: Bm G D A, Bm G D F#/m, Bm G D A
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[TheEret]

This song gave me legitimate chills! I was so proud of the stream we did and thought it neatly wrapped up my lore with Wilbur. Thank you for making such a BANGER of a song, I'm gonna get this song on Spotify! :D

[CatPCgaming]

"In another world we could of been friends"
Fanfictions authors: "And I took that personally"

[amandafaganofficial]

"The Heroes We Thought We Were" is now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, and more!

Edit: I have seen a lot of comments about Techno. I know this has been a really difficult week for a lot of people, myself included. I hope this song can bring you some joy amidst the sad news we all received. I am planning on doing something special to honor Techno, don't worry. I'll give updates when I can <3

[IcyNinja]

When Eret was wondering what "see you in Ut" meant and someone suggested Utah, I made joke to myself that if Utah is canonical in the dream smp I would trap a phantom in Minecraft bedrock on an iPad.
Now I have pet phantom named Wilbur which Idk what to do with

[Toshella]

This is gonna hit hard after today isn't it.... Rest now Technoblade

[wolfgirl_]

I’m so excited- I won’t post anything depressing considering the latest news- I just have one request- though please don’t feel obligated to fulfill- just one last song for techno. Thank you Amanda can’t wait for the new song. Again sorry for being depressing I hope you have a good day or night wherever you are 🙂

[isame]

This is so fitting with their characters, and especially the lore between them

[MikaGaming]

These Dream SMP songs help me catch up with the SMP without even being caught up 👏👏
I've been seriously lacking in the SMP department, but fan content helps me figure out what's going on during my absence.
Can't wait to hear the song though, really excited to go to the premiere at 5am in the morning xDD

[ninakobito]

I don't have the words, this song is just amazing. The lyrics about how history sees them both as the vilains really hit me. It's like...you don't get to choose how people remember you, no matter what you accomplished, or what you thought was the right thing to do. It's humbling in a way, 'cause it's up to the living to decide wether or not the good you did outweights the bad. Really puts life into perspective, how something we thought was important gets ultimately lost in history. I think it really pays honour to the theme of Legacy, and to the characters of Wilbur and Eret themselves. They are flawed individuals who lived stubbornly, thinking they did something right, but history put them in their place, and now all they can do is try and learn from it.

[camilaamoros]

i love how this song could be sing by both wilbur and eret to reflect how much they have hurt eachother as well as other people

[marvelguy]

A vastly underrated song. Why isn't this on the radio?

[yeahno]

As always an absolutely fantastic song. i love how it turned in this echoing thing, it feels almost haunting, but not really? more like a persistent echo.
my favourite lines are definitly "let's throw away all the pain that remains in this overgrown wreckage we once called our legacy". L'manberg is literlly overgrown and a wreckage. and their relationship is a wreckage. but it also feels so REAL, like, irl in the world. tragic history, overgrown, hate kept over generations, things carelessly discarded. it really hits me in the feels
plus, the part abiut not being able to change history, bit trying anyway. how futile it is to wish things were different, .but trying to make amends.
i love this so much.

[marvelguy]

How this song doesn't have a million views is beyond me.

[tearez]

if i had a nickel for everytime a british an with brunette wavy hair said "it was never meant to b" before pushing a button and betraying everyone I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that happened twice.

also: that guitar bit at 2:38 is fire

[TheAdvertisement]

0:57 Love this line. Eret and Wilbur both wanted to be remembered, wanted to be on top, and they got exactly what they wanted, in the worst way. Perhaps that symphony was never worth finishing.

[fweepee]

Can we get one last Technoblade song to commemorate everything he has done for the world and fandom? o7 Technoblade, may your Rest In Peace

[marvelguy]

This is how you get July off to a great start!

[wolfie_gamer]

I feel like being one of those and saying first. Anyway, I can't wait for this song. I feel like it will hold a lot of weight and meaning. The title alone is already so meaningful.

[dmitrix_]

When Wilbur was like "If you're still mad, that's okay" you could really hear the hurt in his voice, the song was awesome :O

[Swatikhandal-es]

This is the first song in my "GOOD good songs" playlist lol