Hero in Me

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 are 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 And I sleep and I dream of the person I might have been And I'll be free again And I'll speak like someone who's been to the highest peaks And back again And I swear that my grass is greener than anyone's 'Til I believe again Then I wake and the dream fades away and I face the day And then 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 Well, time's tappin' my shoulder I hope it's never too late to begin, yeah And I sleep and I dream of the person I might have been And I'll be free again And I'll speak like someone who's been to the highest peaks And back again And I swear that my grass is greener than anyone's 'Til I believe again Then I wake and the dream fades away and I face my day And then realize that there's got to be some hero in me There's hero in you and in me That sometimes it's so hard to see, yeah There's got to be some hero in we