I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I never really liked being Superman, even when my parents were still alive. No matter what, I can never be perfect for Pony and Soda. There's so much I could've done, but now it's all shot to hell.
I'm more than a bird...I'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me
What people don't realize is that I'm not just Darrel; the big, muscle-bound jock people think I am. I'm also Darry, the scared teenager that has no clue what he's doing.
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see
Sometimes I wish I could just give up. I'm too young to be a parent. I'm too young to work a full-time job. I should be in college. I used to have a family, a future. That's all gone now.
It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me
I might sound stupid. I might sound weak. Sometimes I just… I just need to cry. Maybe it won't help anything. But it still releases some of the god-awful pressure that was placed on my shoulders.
Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...
Don't get me wrong. I love my brothers. But sometimes I just lose control. I'm only 20. I'm still just a kid. Kids can't take care of kids.
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
This isn't how it was meant to be. One second is all it takes. One second can rob you of your future, your family, your happiness.
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me
I work hard day after day, week after week. I can barely make ends meet. To an outsider, it would appear that I have lost all purpose.
I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream
But they would be wrong. I now know my purpose in life: caring for the two most important people in it.
I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...
It may not be easy, but, in all honesty, I wouldn't change it for the world.
It's not easy to be me