Heroes / Monsters

[Verse 1]
You said I was the good girl
So I learned how to disappear
Smiling for the family picture
Swallowing the quiet fear
You were holy in the hallway
Hollow in the living room
One day you were my whole world
Next day you were doom
[Chorus]
You’re my heroes
You’re my monsters
In the same old skin
I keep trying
To be smaller
So you all fit in
Brother
Father
Mother
I bend until I splinter
I grew up in your mirror
Now I can’t see me in it
[Verse 2]
Dad raised his voice like thunder
Said it’s all for my own good
Mom made anger look like routine
Like that’s how loving should
Brother breaking all the rules
Still they called him “just a kid”
I got crowns and guilty looks
For things I never did
[Chorus]
You’re my heroes
You’re my monsters
In the same old skin
I keep trying
To be smaller
So you all fit in
Brother
Father
Mother
I bend until I splinter
I grew up in your mirror
Now I can’t see me in it
[Bridge]
Who was I before your stories
Before I learned my scripted lines (oh)
If I walk right out this doorway
Do I finally become mine
[Chorus]
You’re my heroes
You’re my monsters
And I’m done with that
I’m not shrinking
Just to carry
Every broken map
Brother
Father
Mother
I’m stepping from the center
I’m smashing up your mirror
’Til I finally see me clearer (oh yeah)

pop, Emo-pop ballad with female vocals; clean electric guitar arpeggios over warm bass and sparse drums in the verse, then bigger, punchier chorus with stacked harmonies and airy pads. Intimate, close-mic vocal at first; chorus opens into a soaring, raw delivery. Bridge strips back to guitar and vocal, then final chorus hits with extra ad-libs and a lifted key feel., emo