[Verse 1]
Boots on the cobblestone
New name stitched on my screen
Rust on my real life
Shine on this fever dream
Lost in a crowded room
Found in a loading bar
I skip the cutscene talking
Just to chase that distant star
[Chorus]
I keep finding myself in Eorzea
Where the pain hits soft and the colors cut clean
Sword in my hand
Heart in a menu
Logging in again just to feel anything
I keep losing my way in your data
Till the quest text sounds like a prayer I believe
If the world needs a hero
I’ll fake one
Till the fake one feels like me
[Verse 2]
Late queue
Three in the morning
Linkshell screaming my tag
Strangers that know my timing
Better than my mom and dad
Wipe on the same old boss
Laugh till it burns my eyes
“Again
” we say like a mantra
Pull after pull till it dies
[Chorus]
I keep finding myself in Eorzea
Where the hurt reschedules
It never arrives
Mail full of armor I can’t wear yet
Grinding out a future in borrowed lives
I keep losing my name in your data
Till the real one sounds like a bad ID
If the world needs a hero
I’ll fake one
Till the fake one feels like me
[Bridge]
[Riff drops to half-time
Vocal almost whispered]
Can you see me
Through the glamour and glow?
Would you know me
If I took off the show?
Am I running
Or am I running through?
Is this story
Mine
If I choose?
[Chorus]
So I’m finding myself in Eorzea
Not an escape
Just a mirror in play
Steel in my hands
Fear in my fingers
Every little victory rewrites my name
I keep losing my shame in your data
Till the courage leaks back through the screen
If the world needs a hero
I’ll make one
And that hero might be me