Artem Bank - Capes Lyrics

There are coffeeshop crusaders in the comic books in my head
I didn't have the justice league or the avengers by my bed
No, I had reality to contend with and reasons to cope
My heroes didn't wear capes, they wore hope
There's a guitar-wielding badass who wears red-flamed boots
And a matador who grabs life by the horns, and a voice that rings truth
A wizard on the keys with a cowboy hat
And a kilt-wearing gentleman with tools that go clack, clack, clack
No, I haven't forgotten the cellist - I only had four lines
So she gets two to herself, string-awesomeness defined
And all together they made the team that I could look up to
Great role models through and through
And I needed hope the most
I didn't have much of myself to show
But there's something magical about heroes being real
If they fall they'll be human and you learn how to deal
There are lessons you won't learn in a comic book
When the path you wanted isn't the one you took
They pulled me in, they called me their friend
I didn't expect it, but hey, what the heck
More than mentors or teachers, they weren't like the rest
I put on my cape, and I became the sidekick
But my cape it hid the scars
And I smiled from afar
My heroes were glorious, I didn't fit in
And when I felt myself falter, my world started to spin
Fell down the barrel, fault no comic book villain
I cried out quietly and lost all feeling
And they scrambled to their feet, all on alert
My heroes saved the day, like some cliche comic trope
I couldn't be prouder or thankful of their hold
I no longer wear a cape, I wear hope