Disclaimer: The Outsiders belongs to S.E. Hinton and the song belongs to Five for Fighting (Superman)
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
He was always the big brother, the role model, the protector. Sometimes he wished he could have time to figure out himself before having the responsibility of guiding everyone else.
I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me
Nobody ever seemed to show appreciation for the work he did. Not Ponyboy. Not Soda. Not Two-bit, Steve, Dally or Johnny. Not even the courts knew how hard he worked. He was more than just some poor orphaned greaser. He was Darry.
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see
Superman. He was Superman. Such great title to live up to, yet it always seemed to fit. He never shed a tear when his parents died. He never once whimpered when his friends were laid into the ground. He had to be strong for everyone else. But sometimes, he wished he could just cry.
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
Hitting Ponyboy had been his greatest regret. That single action triggered a chain of tragic events. But didn't he have a right to be angry every once and a while? Weren't heroes allowed to make mistakes?
Up, up and away, away from me
It's all right, you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy, or anything
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
Maybe he wasn't cut out for guardianship. Maybe Pony and Soda would have been better off in a boys' home. But separating from his brothers had been his greatest fear. He would do anything to keep his family together.
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
People thought he could do everything, but in the end, he was just a man.
I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dreamI'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easyIts not easy to be me
He was just Darry.
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~Regina