Dreams

Eb Ab Cm Fm

[Verse 1]
            Eb
When I was 5, I wanted to be a Star 
Wars character
              Ab
I would bounce around the walls and 
use the force to control all
          Cm
Yoda would visit me and I would 
smile at him and then we'd defeat 
the Sith
            Fm
See, I didn't need anyone to play 
with because I was happy with myself
    Eb
The lightsabers, imaginary wars, and
 pretend heroism

            Eb
When I was 8, I wanted to be a 
soldier
           Ab
So I wrote stories about great 
adventures fighting a war
               Cm
And through my words, I soared high 
above burning landscapes

And kept my people safe
      Fm
I mean, it didn't matter who I was 
fighting as long

As I was fighting because that's 
what a hero did
Eb                   Ab          
    I wanted to be a hero, and I 
               Cm                  
wanted to save everybody around me
  Fm


             Eb
When I was 11, I wanted to be a 
comedian
             Ab
So I cracked jokes to pass the time 
and I wouldn't ever rhyme
            Cm
And I would force my parents to 
listen to the same jokes over
And over, and over, and over, and 
Fm
over until it was told just right
God I love them because they would 
Eb
laugh even after the thousandth time
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            Ab
And I would smile and hug them as my
 heart grew full from the sound of 
their chuckles
      Cm                           
I mean, I just wanted to make them 
      Fm
happy

             Eb
When I was 14, I wanted to be a 
mountain biker
            Ab               
I wanted to zoom past hikers, 
discover new worlds, and find myself
   Cm

I longed for dirt paths leading to 
Fm
nowhere
                Eb
I yearned for a concrete jungle just
 waiting to be explored
               Ab                
I wished to be isolated in nature 
                      Cm
with nothing but the trees around me
                     Fm
And also with all of my friends
      Eb            Ab        
I mean, I wanted to find myself 
        Cm                   
while searching the woods for 
           Fm
answers

[Verse 2]

        Eb                       
So I sit and I think to myself of 
            Ab
everything I ever wanted to be
                  Cm             
And how no matter what how I feel 
                            Fm
that I will never be happy with, 
with just being me
Because now instead of wanting to be
   Eb
 a hero
I desperately want someone to be a 
                                 Ab
hero and save me from my own mind

And instead of wanting to defeat the
 Sith
                               Cm
I want to defeat the Darth Vader 
that lives inside the Anakin 
Skywalker of my mind
             Fm
And to replace my want to be a 
soldier is a want
       Eb                          
To end my own mental country and 
                   Ab
use bullets to do so
And instead of wanting to tell jokes
 and make people laugh I just want 
        Cm
them to hear me
But they can't hear me over their 
laughter because I don't know how to
 Fm
 breathe
I don't know how to sing, I wish I 
            Eb
knew how to sing
Because maybe if it sounded pretty 
           Ab
they would hear me
Maybe if it formed a melody they 
                            Cm
would hear my plea but they won't
Because now I want my mountain bike 
         Fm
to crash
I don't want to explore the dirt, I 
           Eb
want to be buried in it
I still want to find myself but I 
                Ab
want to find it my way
                  Cm
I don't want them telling me, 
directing me, instructing me
            Fm
Pulling the corners of my mouth up 
in a crooked smile like
                             Eb
I'm a puppet and they're the masters
I just want to find what I'm seeking
       Ab
 after
                Cm                 
Because trust me, I still want to 
be a hero, and I still want to get 
      Fm
the girl
                  Eb
I just want to be remembered and I 
want to be sure
            Ab                   
That when I throw myself off this 
building like Superman waiting to 
     Cm
fly
That hopefully no one I love will 
                            Fm
shed too many tears and cry

Because I just want to be a hero
  Eb               Ab         
I dream to be a hero and when I 
               Cm
don't grow up
                    Fm Eb
I want to be a hero