The Weight of the Cape

(Verse 1)

The streetlights are bleeding, a watercolor smear

The whole city’s screaming with a broadcast of fear

I’m scanning the rooftops, the alleys below

Waiting for someone to show up and go

I need a giant, a titan, a flash in the night

Someone to make all the wrongs into right

He's gotta be fast, and he's gotta be strong

He's gotta be here 'fore it all goes wrong

(Pre-Chorus)

I’m holding out for a miracle

Someone to step up and be mythical

The clock on the tower is striking the hour

I need a savior with supernatural power

(Chorus)

And they're holding out for a hero

But the statues they build are all hollow

I'm standing right here, with blood in my veins

I'm just a man trying to stand in the rain

They want a savior to fly and save the day

But I've got no powers to make it okay

This isn't a movie, the script isn't written

I am so high on this hope that I'm given

But I'm watching it all fall apart from the inside

There's nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide

(Verse 2)

You're looking at me with those desperate eyes

You're seeing a symbol that I must despise

This cape that you stitched is a dead, heavy weight

A mask that I’m really starting to hate

I'll give you my hand, I'll give you my time

I'll walk with you through the mud and the grime

But I can't stop the lightning, I can't turn the tide

I'm just as broken as you are inside

(Pre-Chorus)

You want a legend, a myth written in stars

Someone to heal all these permanent scars

But the flesh and the bone is all I can be

Why can't you just see me for me?

(Chorus)

And you're holding out for a hero

But the statues you build are all hollow

I'm standing right here, with blood in my veins

I'm just a man trying to stand in the rain

You want a savior to fly and save the day

But I've got no powers to make it okay

This isn't a movie, the script isn't written

I am so high on this hope that I'm given

But I'm watching it all fall apart from the inside

There's nowhere to run, and nowhere to hide

(Bridge)

He's gotta be larger than life!

(I'm just trying to survive)

He's gotta be fast and he's gotta be free!

(Why are you looking at me?)

You look to the sky for a sign

You're praying for something divine

But the only thing real is the ground

And the sound

Of a heart that's still beating

A voice that's repeating

"I'm not who you think I am!"

(Guitar Solo)

(Chorus)

Stop holding out for a hero!

These statues we build are all hollow

Just stand here with me, with blood in your veins

Be the one who can stand in the rain

We wait for a savior to fly and save the day

But we have the power to make it okay

This is our movie, the script isn't written

We are so high on this chance that we're given!

We won't watch it all fall apart from the inside

We’ve nowhere to run, and we've nowhere to hide

(Outro)

Nowhere to hide

I’m not your hero

Be your own hero

Nowhere to hide

The rain keeps falling.