Idol

- Arram

Idol
A filk of Superman
Apologies to Five for Fighting <---- link to audio version of song.


*A dark stage stands at the forefront of one of the largest, if not the largest, number of people ever gathered in one place in Tokyo. All eyes have just turned to the tall, very beautiful woman who has just walked on to the stage rigged for one of the biggest light shows anyone had ever seen. As she reaches the long microphone under a single spotlight in the center of the stage, a single tear runs down her cheek as she smiles ruefully, knowing full well what she was about to do. As she requested of the backstage crew before the show, the lights dimmed even more as she grabbed the microphone when the music began to start.*

I can't stand the fame
I'm not always kind
I just want to stay
Away from my old life

I don't want to sing
I don't want fanboys
I'm more than some pretty face to idolize
And it's not easy to be me

I wish that I could try
Pursuing my dreams
But I cannot hide
From a past that still haunts me

It may sound absurd
But don't be naïve
Even idols have the right to breathe
I may be just scared
But won't you agree
Even idols have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me

Running far away, away from me
Well it's alright…
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy…or anything

I can't stand the fame
I'm not always kind
But they want me to fly
Why couldn't they just see

I'm only a girl under silly bright lights
Working for rabid fanboys both day and night
Only a girl runnin' from those bright lights
Lookin' for special things just out of sight
Inside of me

Inside of me

Yea, inside of me

Inside of me

I'm only a girl runnin' from those bright lights
I'm only a girl lookin' for her dream
Now only a girl under florescent lights
And it's not easy…
To be…
Me

*Slowly, and to the surprise of everyone in the packed auditorium but herself, Hayasaka Erika took one long and final look at her multitude of devoted fans, and walked off the stage forever.*

</i>Superman
By Five for Fighting

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that nieve
I'm just down to find
The better part of me.

I'm more than a bird
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some a pretty face, beside a train.
And it's not easy to be me.

I wish that I could cry
Fall up on my knees
Find a way to lie
'bout a home I'll never see

It may sound absurbent
But don't be nieve
Even heros have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed
But won't you conceed
Even heros have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me.

Up up an' away away from me
Well it's alright.
You can all sleep sound tonight.
I'm not crazy, or anything.

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that nieve.
Men want men to ride
With clouds between their knees.

I'm only a man on a silly red sheet
Diggin' for kryptonite on this one way street.
I'm only a man on a funny red sheet.
Lookin for special things inside of me.
Inside of me
Inside of me
Inside of me
Inside of me.

I'm only a man on a funny red sheet.
I"m only a man lookin' for a dream
I'm only a man on a funny red sheet

And it's not easy to be me.

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