Superhero Lyrics - Dilate - Ani Difranco

Sleep walking through the all-nite drug store 

Baptized in fluorescent light 

I found religion in the greeting card aisle 

Now I know hallmark was right 

And every pop song on the radio 

Is suddenly speaking to me 

Art may imitate life 

But life imitates t.v. 

'Cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks 

Two weeks and three days 

And let's just say that things look different now 

Different in so many ways 

I used to be a superhero 

No one could touch me 

Not even myself 

You are like a phone booth 

That I somehow stumbled into 

And now look at me 

I am just like everybody else 

If I was dressed in my best defenses 

Would you agree to meet me for coffee 

If I did my tricks with smoke and mirrors 

Would you still know which one was me 

If I was naked and screaming 

On your front lawn 

Would you turn on the light and come down 

Screaming, there's the asshole 

Who did this to me 

Stripped me of my power 

Stripped me down 

I used to be a superhero 

No one could hurt me 

Not even myself 

You are like a phone booth 

That I somehow stumbled into 

And now look at me 

I am just like everybody else 

Yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks 

Two weeks and three days 

And now I'm a different person 

Different in so many ways 

Tell me what did you like about me 

And don't say my strength and daring 

'Cuz now I think I'm at your mercy 

And it's my first time for this kind of thing 

I used to be a superhero 

I would swoop down and save me 

From myself 

But you are like a phone booth 

That I somehow stumbled into 

And now look at me 

I am just like everybody else