Jeffrey Gaines - Hero In Me lyrics

He's lived as long as he possibly can Given the circumstance 'cause he's protected himself from the world He never gave it a chance And he says, here in my security I've put a limit on my self-potential And my possibility She's seen these walls and they never change Everything's in its place Her relationships so neatly arranged Down to religion and race And she says, here in my security I don't make a move unless my friends approve I do what's expected of me And as I grow older And there's so much that I do not know I'm drawn to those who are bolder And go where no one dare to go (chorus) And I sleep and I dream of the person I might have been Then I'll be free again And I speak like someone who's been to the highest peaks And back again And I swear that my gra** is greener than anyone's 'til I believe again Then I wake and the dream fades away and I face the day And I realize that there's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me They've been suppressing their every desire They do nothing on a whim She's lost her sparkle and he's lost the fire Their future looks very dim And I say, here in my security I've simply let myself go I've developed a co-dependency And as I grow older So many places that I've never been Time's tapping my shoulder I hope it's never too late to begin (chorus) And I sleep and I dream of the person I might have been Then I'll be free again And I speak like someone who's been to the highest peaks And back again And I swear that my gra** is greener than anyone's 'til I believe again Then I wake and the dream fades away and I face the day And I realize that there's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me There's got to be some hero in me