We've all at one moment wished we were something more,
much like a superhero who saves just before time hits zero.
Making a name for yourself in history like all those before,
because someone that is remembered is what makes a hero.

But I believe a hero is someone who can change the world,
someone who has suffered and yet still helps others to fly,
who teaches others to move forward with wings unfurled.
I believe heroes never surrender, those that are born to die.

You said I could never be happy, that I didn't deserve to be.
And then you were gone like the falling leaves in Autumn.
I will never forget your smile and what you meant to me,
but you used me. Right from the start it was always him.

The one that broke your heart every time he walked away.
The one that never loved you but only ever temporarily.
The one that keeps you up late at the end of every day.
The one that you see when you close your eyes wearily.

And when you broke down and cried, I was always there,
standing with an umbrella, sheltering you from the rain.
But you never saw me for me, didn't want to, didn't care.
So I guess what I'm saying is, thanks for showing me pain.

And I've played it back a thousand times in my head,
that perfect memory of where it was just you and me,
lying wide awake at 3am under the covers of my bed,
listening to the tranquil breaking of the midnight sea.

We both knew that was my last night in this small town,
in the morning I would be headed far off for university.
You knew it would be hard with me no longer around
but you kept silent and let me leave for New York City.

And when the morning came, you smiled me goodbye
as our hands aligned against the window of the train.
Your mood reflecting the bleakness of the falling rain
as you were left behind to watch our last moments die.

I could be the shoulder you cried upon,
when the demons visit you late at night.
I could hold you tight when you yawn,
be your very own shiny armored knight.

I could be the cloud that lifted you up,
when you're on the floor bleeding out.
But then I could also be just a hookup,
a fleeting fix to help you on your route.

And I could be far away, be long gone,
depart without another second to spare,
already just a fading memory by dawn.
And maybe I could be your nightmare?

Dear past self, I can still remember each battle you ever fought.
The flickering memories of the scars branded across your skin
and the lessons beaten into you until they were properly taught,
torment me late into the night until my blood is pumping thin.

I'm sorry present self but I can still hear echos of a distant song,
the one we danced to everyday as we watched the sun descend.
So before I cover my face again with this mask and dance along,
I just wanted to say, **it's nice to see you Darkness my old friend...

Plug in the earphones and the thoughts begin to fly pass;
lingering on memories of you to help fall asleep at night.
Like how you glisten in the morning like crackling glass
or how you sparkle with the lasts drops of dancing light.

Even in the way you hide your cold hands in long sleeves
or the way the air freezes as you whisper another fun fact.
Yes, I can see it now, you remind me just of winter leaves.
Not perfect because flawless but perfect because cracked.

I remember when I use to feel a pain in my chest like no other.
I was ready to give up, standing on the edge about to take a leap.
I could see the skyline as the wind threatened to pull me off my feet.
I was contemplating if I should live and that's when I met your mother.

She had a smile so bright that could light every crevice in the room.
And a laugh that could chase away all the shadows in the world.
Oh how I fell deeply in love with her as she danced and twirled.
She made me happy and gave me a reason to forget the gloom.

I remember when I got down and asked her if she would marry me?
When she said yes, I was left speechless, but life can do terrible things.
I know that now as I slowly close her open hazel eyes as the choir sings...
Now, I truly believe, that I'll never again meet anyone as beautiful as she...