You tell me I'm a hero
Proud, courageous, valiant
But I'm nothing but an illusion
A mirror to your hopes
I'm only what you want to see.

Because you see, I'm anything but
A savior, your messiah
I'm nothing but a broken man
Who doesn't even know himself
I'm only what I think I am.

Self-deception is a game I play
"Lie to me" is the hymn I sing.
How can I save you and fly to heaven
When I've got no wings and only grasp for angel feathers
I'm not what I dream to be.

How can I save you?
When I can't even save myself.
How can I be a hero?
When I'm drowning in my own lies.

Let me pick up the pieces
Of the scattered fragments of my soul
Let me put them together again.
So your hero can be whole.

I can pretend to be strong
Play the hero's part so well
That I can fool everyone
Sometimes even myself.
But in the end I'll break
There's no one to save everyone's hero.

I don't want to be a hero, not yet.
I just want to be myself first.