Why Were You My Hero?

I wish I could write the song
That's been somewhere in me all along
Just because I want it
Doesn't mean it's meant to be

You didn't seem to have to work
It came so naturally
Already on the inside track
The charmed life of a prodigy
Why were you my hero?
You had it all and all I wanted

Did we share some common traits?
I thought if I just looked like you
There'd be a place for me there too
But now I see my foolish sense
Why were you my hero?
You had it all and all I wanted

The years have passed and I moved on
Other heroes caught my eyes
I tried so many on for size
I'm not sure who I really am now
Why were you my hero?
You had it all and all I wanted

Do not forget the sins of youth
And pray to God you find the truth

- Rob Gast
June 2012