Carla Ulbrich: Songs

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I wrote this after a friend of mine was disappointed to see me in a bad mood. She had an idealized version of me that was always happy.

So you think you wanna own a little piece of me
You want something to hold onto
You want my autograph you want my photograph
You wanna live by my philosophy well
Living on a pedestal Is no longer my ambition
It's not like I can rise above the human condition

But you think I'm some kinda hero
You think I have all the answers
but if you knew the mistakes that I have paid for you'd see
I'm not your Jesus I'm not your savior

But I was filled with sympathy upon contemplation
So many of us living in this world In such desperation
Searching for someone or something to guide us to lead us to love us to feed us
But one lone human can only do so much

But you think I'm some kinda hero
You think I've got the touch
but just like you I'm only ashes to ashes ashes to ashes to dust

So if you think I got it all together
I can be a great pretender
But the only time I've ever made a change in my life
Is when I learned to surrender
See just like you I've been to the edge and looked down and I thought about jumping
Then not by my own strength I turned away

But you think I'm some kinda hero
You think I'm so sure and so strong
but I know fear and I know weakness
I've been scared I've been wrong
You think I'm some kind of hero
You think I've got all the answers
But if you knew the mistakes that I have paid for you'd see
I'm not your Jesus I'm not your savior