Superpowers - Slowly Slowly

Alright so you get a superpower

And you choose to fly

Would it get lonely by yourself

Way up high?

I imagine all the noise from

The winds would annoy you

And carrying the outfits

You need to change into

Freeze on the ocean

Cook under the sun

Your body was just made to run

Okay, new superpower

You want to disappear

So now you’re invisible at will my dear

That just happens to be my greatest fear

It might be nice being nude with the world as your bedroom

Stealing things and messing with your friends I’d assume

But wouldn’t it be nice to disappear with someone else

To not have it all confined to your creepy little self

Change your superpower

Okay, you wanna stop time

All your family, friends and strangers

Stuck like frozen mimes

And you could pick pocket their change

Give them haircuts that they’ll hate

But do you think all of that power

Just maybe might turn sour

Where would you find satisfaction?

All you wanted, now you have it

Never had to work for it

And everyone would question it

New superpower

You’re never gonna die

You wanna watch all your friends and family

Disappear over time?

Oh please

This one is a no brainer

You’d lose all context with no saviour

It’s imminent death that keeps you at your best

You need a fire underneath you, or nothing’s gonna teach you

A reason to open your eyes

Look I don’t want a superpower

I just wanna survive

I want to feel present when you talk

Just feel alive

I’m gonna do what I want and not for the coin

But because if I don’t, then what’s the point?

Money and power just won’t scratch the itch

So maybe we don’t have to wish

You don’t need superpowers