[JIM]

No one can get too close

No one can get inside of you

No one can know the secrets that you keep

Your head is always down

Hoping the people slide past you

Almost as if you’re walking in your sleep

And you can’t cry though you hurt

You are always on alert

Though you try and you fight

People die

It’s not like in the movies

Where the heroes love the unknown

It’s not like in the movies

I spend my days alone

I don’t even get a hug

From the kid stuck in the tree

It’s not like in the movies

No one knows it’s me

You don’t drive a tricked out car

You don’t work at a lab or the Daily...?

[SIMON, spoken]

Planet?

[JIM, spoken]

Right

[JIM]

For a boss who yells but has a heart of gold

You don’t bleed or scrape or scar

Well, at least not on the outside

And you’re at your peak

But you can’t help feeling old

You’re always tired but you can’t rest

You often lose though you’ve done your best

There’s no parade, no city key

Just anonymity

It’s not like in the movies

It’s a little more complex

It’s not like in the movies

No CGI effects

I don’t get to learn life lessons

From my human family

It’s not like in the movies

No one knows it’s me

I try to hold the weight

So I won’t wake each day

To cries of anguish

In my head

But if I disappear

You’ll all implode, that’s clear

It’s gotten worse and worse with every passing year

I don’t mean to sound so harsh

I’ve also seen the good out there

Empathy and kindness on display

But every time I think I can

Release myself from this nightmare

Someone tries to blow the world away

So, I don’t wanna sound insincere

But I think you should just forget what happened here

‘Cause no one ever truly sees me

[SIMON, spoken]

You’re Jim, the man in 4B

[JIM]

Now, Simon, that’s an ending I would really like to see

But I can’t make a life out of my secret identity

[SIMON, spoken]

Why not?

[JIM]

It’s not like in the movies

No one knows it’s me