[Intro | E Minor | 133 BPM | fingerpicked acoustic guitar, low fuzzy electric drone, upright bass] I never liked superheroes. Not because they were bad. I just knew They weren't coming. [Verse 1 | acoustic guitar, upright bass, faint fuzzy electric swells] I knew Superman Couldn't fly I knew Batman Was just a man I knew someone Had to write The story first Before it happened Everybody else Was looking up Waiting for some super guy I was looking around For the nearest exit And wondering Who'd come If I cried [Pre-Chorus | mandolin enters, fuzzy electric guitar begins pulsing eighth notes] Nobody came No cape No mask No miracle Just another bad day [Chorus | full band, distorted fuzzy electric guitars] Nobody came to save me Nobody kicked down the door Nobody saw the little kid And knew what he was waiting for I didn't get a spider bite I didn't find a secret cave I just got hurt And hurt again And learned what it meant To not be saved [Verse 2 | acoustic guitar, upright bass, clean-to-fuzzy electric arpeggios] People know Every hero Every suit Every scar They know which movie Comes next And who the villains all are They'll argue For an hour About who would win I never understood Why anybody cared When real people Were still losing [Pre-Chorus | mandolin, electric guitar gradually thickens] Maybe that's My problem I think I never learned To pretend Long enough [Chorus | bigger, layered fuzzy electric guitars] Nobody came to save me No one descended from the sky No radioactive accident Ever changed my life I got doctors I got teachers I got people who knew what to do People who spent years learning How to help the hopeless bloom [Verse 3 | drums pull back, acoustic guitar and fuzzy bass-like electric guitar] And Spidey Can shut his spider mouth Not everybody Gets one Some of us Just get older And wonder Why we weren't chosen I didn't get powers I got consequences I got memories I couldn't put down I got a mind That needed help And people who knew How to help it [Bridge | stripped acoustic guitar, upright bass, single clean electric notes] Maybe the fantasy Was never meant for me And some kids Need a cape To believe The world can change I needed something Different I needed somebody To sit beside me And say You're not broken You're hurt There's a difference [Bridge Build | mandolin tremolo, brushed drums building, fuzzy electric guitars slowly stacking] No one flew in No one saved the day No swelling soundtrack No perfect one-liner No villain To blame Just people Doing their best To keep another person Alive [Final Chorus | full band, multiple fuzzy electric guitars, emotional harmonies] Nobody came to save me And against all odds I learned to save myself Not alone Not by magic Not by being someone else I found a pen I found a guitar I found a way to tell the truth And maybe that's my superpower If I ever needed one It wasn't flying It wasn't strength It wasn't being brave It was waking up After everything And still wanting To create [Outro | distorted guitars gradually disappear, acoustic guitar remains] I never needed a hero To grow up I never needed saving To survive I just needed Somebody real When the fantasy Wasn't enough ...And I got that Eventually... That's better Than a cape [Final chord | acoustic guitar and sustained fuzzy electric] I made it here.
