Billy was a young boy throwing bricks Running through town with his finger flipped Crying inside for the love he missed Kissing your face with pale fist He could fly? He could fly? Missy was a swimmer in her own school team Cut through the water like a fish in the stream But when she got home and heard her mother scream Put her fingers in her ears and began to dream She could fly? She could fly? Closer, what do you say? It was all too much to bear Closer, we? re not the same It was not your pain to share And I will never be a hero But I can look you in the eye I? ll try, I? ll try, I? ll try Norma was a shadow in the back of the class Never saw her move, never heard her ask Hiding from the words, thought they cut like glass Hiding from your friends and away you left She could fly? She could fly? Closer, what do you say? It was all too much to bear Closer, we? re not the same It was not your pain to share And I will never be a hero But I can look you in the eye I'll try, I? ll try, I? ll try And one day they will need you Oh he will need them plenty And one day they will love you But they will know your friends And when they will know like I do Like I do, eh yea yea They will know like I do Like I, like I, like I? Closer, what do you say? It was all too much to bear Closer, we? re not the same It was not your pain to share And I will never be a hero But I can look you in the eye I? ll try, I? ll try, I? ll try