Anyone here like Superman? Well, this song is a more realistic version of a somewhat depressed Superman, probably before he meets up with Lois Lane. In a sense, this song connects us to our childhood heroes, that they are not very different from us. This song is touches me like no other song. It is It’s Not Easy (Superman) by Five For Figthing.
This song starts off slowly. It eases into your heart and soul and before you know it, you are feeling the same thing that the singer is feeling when he performs this song. It goes, “I can't stand to fly, I'm not that naïve, I'm just out to find, The better part of me, I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane, I'm more than some pretty face beside a train, And it's not easy to be me”. This hits me very hard. If Superman, himself, is having a hard time being who he is, doesn’t that mean we should too? It kind of lets us know that not everyone has it all going on. People tend to classify him in many ways and try to look at him as just another person, but we are all dealing with our demons and struggling. Then next part goes, “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 naïve, 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, Up, up and away, away from me, Now it's all right, you can all sleep sound tonight, I'm not crazy, Or anything”. Often times, when you are always looked up to, you don’t have the pleasure or opportunity to be human. That we idolize our heroes and confine them to a small space of success whereas they just want to be normal. They are tired of always having to win or save the day. That takes a lot out of someone. Plus, they have their own issues that they need to deal with. They have to remind themselves that they aren’t crazy, but the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again expecting change. Our heroes could very well end up going insane if we don’t let them be themselves. The next part goes, “I can't stand to fly, I'm not that naïve, Men weren't meant to ride, With clouds between their knees. I'm only a man in a silly red sheet, Digging for kryptonite on this one way street, Only a man in a funny red sheet, Looking for special things inside of me, Inside of me, Inside me, Inside me, Inside of me, I'm only a man, In a funny red sheet, I'm only a man, Looking for a dream, I'm only a man, In a funny red sheet, And it's not easy, No, it's not easy to be me, Me”. Superman feels that he shouldn’t be who he is, but he does what he must. Just like ourselves. WE are looking for diamonds trying to make a name for ourselves or trying to cover up a past that we don’t want to remember. That we all want to know that everything will be alright. That in the end, it’s just not that easy to be you. That our lives are difficult and we just need to keep on moving forward. Life isn’t easy.
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Thank you for reading. I really enjoy this song and especially the way that it is sung. If you haven’t listened to this song, then you need to, because it is so good. I have a great time listening to it and I get lots of ideas that I could write about. Thank you guys and tune in next week for my next song.
