I've recently been in a Boyce Avenue/cover artist mood, and I came across some interesting covers. One of them, that I have come to love, is "Superman" by Five for Fighting. It was done with an electric guitar instead of a piano, but what caught my ear was the amount of emotion in the singer's voice. It has the same or more than the singer for Five for Fighting had when he sang it. The second chorus in this song get's me every time is this:
"I wish that I could cry Fall upon my knees Find a way to lie About a home I’ll never see. It may sound absurd…but don’t be naive Even heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed…but won’t you concede Even heroes have the right to dream And it’s not easy to be me."
At least when I hear this in the song, I can see Superman, or Batman, or your super hero of choice, just wanting to give up on what their doing. Live their own life, not having so much pressure on their shoulders. The pressure they have to deal with may be anything from the life of their alter ego, or having to live up to an image, having to seem like their invincible, etc. The song says "Even heroes have the right to bleed", but do they? What if, like a lot of people in this world, these super heroes are throwing on a face just to please the mass amounts of people that rely on them? Like the song says "Even heroes have the right to dream". Do they even have the right? I know superheroes don't exist, and they are only seen in movies, comic books and video games, but still. Shouldn't we all just give them, and everyone putting a face on some slack?
A little less stress in anyone can make a difference in the world. Are you gonna be the one to reduce the stress? Or are you just gonna sit by and let stress take over thousand's of people's lives?
