The Hero's Heart

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You owe me no debt of thanks

See I'm a sinner not a saint.

I am no special breed

No hero nor the like.

Please don't put me there

On that pedestal I see.

There is no faster way

To show I'm just not what you need.

Put me up on top

Go on I dare you then you'll know

My fear will have me howling

Like the dying December snow.

And once I've fallen down

Just watch how far I go

Scrounging on the ground

Surviving till the next act.

From there I bet you find

That my fight will take its stride

The blood I've forced to spill

Oh look, it haunts me still.

I've heard it said once

There's not a killer without a ghost

I know the truth in this

The phantoms are my greatest friends

They push me back and forward

To remind me of my sins.

This thing I've done for you

When I stopped you there from falling

You see I've been there too

It is where I got my calling.

So I think you understand now

That your gratitude is misplaced

I've done no grand favors

I've just stopped you from taking my place.


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