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In “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” Five for Fighting uses Superman as a metaphor for being expected to be strong, capable, and dependable all the time, while still being an ordinary person with doubts, emotions, and dreams. The song is about wanting to be seen as more than the role people expect you to play and recognizing that even the people who seem strongest need a chance to struggle, dream, and simply be themselves. It was released on April 16, 2001.

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• Five for Fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy) [Lyrics]

[Verse 1]
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see

[Chorus]
It may sound absurd, but don't be naive
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

[Bridge]
Up, up, and away, away from me
Well, it's alright
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything

[Verse 3]
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

[Chorus]
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Diggin' for kryptonite on this one-way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Lookin' for special things inside of me

[Outro]
Inside of me
Inside of me
Yeah, inside of me
Inside of me
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
I'm only a man lookin' for a dream
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hoo, hoo, hoo
It's not easy to be me
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