Pedestal - Counterparts

I’m looking back on those I once looked up to, and I can’t help

but feel that I’m looking down.

Everyone I’ve ever admired has left me with

nothing.

Not even a memory.

I remember growing up, and yearning to be just like

you.

It pains me to admit that I held you in such a high regard, as if my life

would mean nothing without your approval.

But now I see the error of my ways.

All that time spent searching for myself in someone else.

I think it’s safe to say that I’ve become everything I wanted to be.

And no one can take that from

me.

All of my heroes have failed me, but I won’t ever fail myself.

I can’t

believe how naive I used to be when I never really needed anyone.

All of my heroes have failed me, but I won’t ever fail myself.