The Me You Don't See

You look at me and think you know me,

Another man just workin’ for pay,

Punchin’ a clock beneath fluorescent suns,

Trying to make it day by day.

But I wrestled Nessi in a northern storm,

Fought dragons over Gnar in flame,

Traded fire with warships in the Regulan dark,

And death itself has called my name.

I’m a hero where you can’t see,

In worlds that rise beyond your eyes.

While you chase gold and shining steel,

I’ve watched whole civilizations rise.

I’ve driven invaders from my homeland,

Walked wastelands under blood-red skies—

Tell me friend, in all your life,

Have you ever fought where legend never dies?

You boast of cars and easy glory,

Bright chrome dreams and fortune won,

I’ve hunted vampires through ruined cities,

Faced steel giants blotting out the sun.

I’ve stood with fire against the mutants,

Held the line when hope was thin,

And every battle no one sees

Still burns like thunder in my skin.

I’m a hero where you can’t see…

In worlds that rise beyond your eyes…

I’ve crossed the dark to bring dawn home,

While empires fell and prophets cried.

Tell me friend, in all your life,

Did you ever stand where myth survived?

I rode the wastes where suns lay dying,

With broken swords and rebels few,

Heard old gods whisper through the ashes

Of worlds the stars themselves once knew.

I faced werewolves in winter mountains,

Drew iron fast in a border town,

And when the alien towers were falling

I was there to help bring tyrants down.

I’m a hero where you can’t see,

Where thunder rolls beyond the veil,

I have stood where kingdoms shattered

And carried hope when armies failed.

I’ve fought through night to guard the living,

Held the fire when heaven sighed—

Tell me friend, in all your years,

Have you ever stood where impossible things survived?

And maybe every quiet stranger

Holds a thousand untold wars,

Maybe legends wear work shirts too

And punch old clocks beneath the stars.

I’m a hero where you can’t see,

Though daylight says I’m just a man,

I’ve drawn against the fastest gun,

And lived to ride the dust again.

So think me ordinary if you want—

But I have seen what few survive…

And tell me friend, in all your life,

Have you ever kept impossible worlds alive?