Super Man

When I was younger you seemed so big
Everything you said I took to heart
You were my hero you could never be wrong
I bragged of you when we were apart
waited for you no matter how long
I'd follow you forever if I could
but you came back, you always would
You were my superhero, my steel wall
tought me to love and do the right thing
So strong you were, not once you cried
and that smile,it lit my whole world
When I was with you, I was worry free
your laughter made me laugh, too
When I was younger, I wanted to be you.

Now I see you're not so big
Why should I listen to what you say?
your mistakes are more obvious, tripping over yourself
I never see you enough to brag now,
Each time you leave, along goes part of my soul,
Each time seems harder, longer to endure
My superman wasn't there to catch me when I fell
Wasn't there to show me the good I was too blind to see
And for the first time, I saw the sorrow in your eyes.
That smile, it's fake, just darkens my day,
for in its place lie only worried stares
Each bout of laughter is only in vain,
When I look at you now, I only see pain.

Who did this to you? I didn't see it before?
What could have happened to leave you so torn?
Why is there pure terror in your glance?
Where is the old you, why did he have to go?
The one who wouldn't give melancholy a chance
You were my superman, effervescent and free
you were my superman, and you changed because of me...