I’m Not a Hero - Intellectual

[Intro]

I've come so close to death, close to the afterlife

Right down to my last breath, smelled like formaldehyde

I must give up this bottle, throw away these pills

I must ease off this throttle, someone might get killed

Self-destructing symptom of me

Oh my God, I am not a hero, I just wanna be myself

So if that makes me amazing, that's something I can't help

I stare into the mirror and all I can see

Is a reflection of what I don't want to be

My heart is on my sleeve, the sacrifice I make

To start the healing process before it's too late

Self-destructing symptom of me

Oh my God, I am not a hero, I just wanna be myself

So if that makes me amazing, that's something I can't help

I do not have the answers, but I'd like to think

That I saved some people with the lyrics that I sing

Oh, I'm burning everything I know

I am the captain of my soul

And I will always walk alone

No matter how far down I go

Oh my God, I am not a hero, I just wanna be myself

So if that makes me amazing, that's something I can't help

I do not have the answers, but I'd like to think

That I saved some people with the lyrics that I sing

Oh, I'm burning everything I know

I am the captain of my soul

And I will always walk alone

No matter how far down I—