[Verse 1]
Tore up jeans
Mascara on my sleeve
Same old mirror
Spitting back your speech at me
You say “be strong”
Like it’s something I can buy
I’ve been holding
Up this ceiling with my spine
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m so tired of the brave face
White-knuckled on the staircase
How much weight can one girl take?
[Chorus]
I don’t need a hero
I need someone who will bleed too
Someone on the ground
Screaming at the sky like I do
Save your holy armor
You just shine and watch me choke
I don’t need a hero
I need someone just as broke
[Verse 2]
Plastic crown
On your head from some parade
You love the spotlight
While I’m hiding in the shade
You call it rescue
But you only pull me down
Just to prove you’re
The king of every drowning town
[Pre-Chorus]
Every promise tastes like poison
Silver tongue
You’re so heroic
I’m the wound you love to show off
[Chorus]
I don’t need a hero
I need someone who will bleed too
Someone on the ground
Screaming at the sky like I do
Save your holy armor
You just shine and watch me choke
I don’t need a hero
I need someone just as broke
[Bridge]
Rip off that cape (hey!)
It’s just a chains and tape
You’re not my savior
You’re just another cage
If you wanna help me
Then sit in all this pain
Say my name
Don’t
Turn my hurt into your fame (yeah)
[Chorus]
I don’t need a hero
I need someone who will bleed too
Someone on the ground
Screaming at the sky like I do
Keep your perfect posture
I’ll be crawling through the smoke
I don’t need a hero
I need someone just as broke
[Outro]
I don’t need a hero
I don’t need a halo (oh)
Stand here in the zero
Burn it down and let me grow