Fragile Heroes - Light This City

I always wanted to tell you I needed you

But now I’m glad that I never did

Because I never lied about that at least

It probably would have scared you, anyway

One more excuse for you to run away

And it scares me that you’re so easily scared

What falsity did I lead my heart into this time

Unfailingly nave

Maybe I just fell in love with being the dream

Ugh

More and more

I find I don’t want you

Shit, another lie

Tried to deceive myself

It’s not easy

It’s just pathetic

Well

They say we don’t need anyone at least

Ugh

You don’t know

You never know

And your uncertainty is infecting me

Because now even I’m not sure

Do I hate you for not being who I thought you were

Or do I hate myself for loving one I’ve just created

Didn’t you know

A hero’s a most fragile thing

One must never get close

Enough to touch

Or fuck

For mortality can also be transmitted

And with even a brush against our blemished human skin

Slick with impious fluids

Their skin becomes dry and cracked

And holes form inside their perfect characters

I guess now I can understand being let down

By an ideal

When heroes turn to cowards

You start to resent your dreams

You once glanced up into their brave

Bright faces

Now you can’t even meet their dull

Downward turned eyes

Plagued with constant failure

The only thing they will ever succeed in is disappointing

It’s so easy

It’s so pathetic

And so they stop trying

And never give you the chance

That was their promise to you

Implied all