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I'm Not Your Hero

Description:

This is a song that Sara Quin wrote and that appeared on the album Heartthrob.

Lyrics:

Standing where I am now, standing up at all

I was used to feeling like I was never gonna see myself at the finish line

Hanging on to parts of me, hanging on at all

I was used to seeing no future in my sight line

Sometimes it feels like they want to remind me

Send all those villains after me

I'm not their hero but that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave

I never walked the party line, doesn't mean that I was never afraid

I'm not your hero, but that doesn't mean we're not one and the same

Feeling like I am now, lighting up the hall

I was used to standing in the shadow of a damaged heart

Learning all I know now, losing all I did

I never used to feel like I'd be standing so far ahead

Sometimes it feels what I recovered you lost

Sending your peaceful arms to me

I'm not their hero but that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave

I never walked the party line, doesn't mean that I was never afraid

I'm not your hero, but that doesn't mean we're not one and the same

Sometimes it feels like the side that I'm on

Plays the toughest hand, holds the longest stand

Sometimes it feels like I'm all that they've got

Gets so hard to know I'm not what they want

Sometimes it feels like the side that I'm on

Plays the toughest hand, holds the longest stand

Sometimes it feels like I'm all that they've got

Gets so hard to know I'm not what they want

I'm not their hero but that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave

I never walked the party line, doesn't mean that I was never afraid

I'm not your hero, but that doesn't mean we're not one and the same

Do my best to walk the finest line till I've had all that I can take

Live Performances:

Credits:

Produced by Greg Kurstin

Mixed by Manny Marroquin

Engineered by Greg Kurstin at Echo Studio, Los Angeles CA

Additional engineering by Jesse Shatkin

Mixed at Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles CA

Mix assisted by Chris Galland and Del Bowers

Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering


Musicians:

Sara Quin: Vocals

Tegan Quin: Vocals

Greg Kurstin: Keyboards, Programming, Guitar, Bass


Written by Tegan Quin and Sara Quin

Published by Naked in a Snowsuit Publishing (SOCAN)


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