When I wake up each morning
And stand up, welcome the day
I wonder how it'll be going
What I'm doing today
I can't stay and do nothing
Even if I'm wrong
I can't let others run this life
I can't let people sing my song
For me
I've gotta make my own message, baby
Make it up as I go
I can't let people make my life
I've gotta be my hero
If you'll come with me
I'll let you stand by my side
If you'll follow my road
I'd walk with you, with pride
But you can't take my life
I'm not semper fi*
To people who want to control me,
Because
I've gotta make my own message, baby
Make it up as I go
I can't let others make my life
I've gotta be my hero.
(Instrumental interlude, mainly using synthesizer-sound)
~quietly~
You can't say that you haven't felt it
The call to be alive
It's not something you can ignore
It's not something to deny
~regular volume~
I'm never gonna be the slave
I'm not a doormat, never was
My life's worth too much to be given up
I'm never ever gonna bow, because
I've gotta make my own message
Make it up as I go
I can't let others make my life
I've gotta be my hero
Have you made your own message?
Or is your freedom so-so?
You can't let others keep you in their hand for all tiiiime . . .
Hero!
I've gotta make my own message, baby
I'll make it up as I go
I can't let others make my life . . .
I've gotta be my hero!
*: In this, "fi" sounds like "fye", not "fee".
Author's Notes
You haven't met Jasmine in Transversal yet, but you should see her soon. This is her theme.
I picture this done to an eighties-pop tune, and fairly upbeat and quick. I don't have an exact tune because I can't write music without knowing what notes I'm writing down . . . and I don't have an instrument or perfect pitch.
I like it, myself. ^^ I think I did fairly well, especially for having a block for so long.
I wrote this on a bus ride home from a school field trip.