He sits in a fortress of solitude
Crystal spires tearing at the sky
Built and shaped by his own two hands
Contemplating life here on Earth
He feels alien in human form
Separated from the world
By thick walls and countless miles
Secret identities and untold truths
Every day having to choose
Which person he ought to be
Every day having to choose
Whether to be loved or accepted
He can leap skyscrapers with a single bound
But can’t manage a leap of faith
He can stop evildoers in their tracks
But can’t stop the voices in his head
He can melt metal with one look of laser vision
But can’t look himself in the mirror
He can run faster than a speeding bullet
But can’t seem to get away
So he paces the hallways
Decorated with relics
Reminders of a person he used to be
Trophies for struggles he’s overcome
Luther’s broken wristwatch
Darkseid’s mangled armor
Braniac’s stolen crystals
Doomsday’s bloody thorns
Zod’s war medallions
Bizarro’s tattered cape
Twisted individuals
Full of twisted ideas
Trying to make the world
A better, twisted place
On the other side of history
Would they be the heroes?
Through different, twisted eyes
Would he be the villain?
He remembers the child
He pulled from a tree
That grew up to become
A world-wide arms dealer
His last endorsement
Of a political underdog
Who promised love
And delivered hate
The fire he put out
At an industrial plant
Spilling toxic waste
Poisoning countless lives
He needed something strong
Something to ease the pain
Kryptonade? Kryptoninc and lime?
Light twinkles green in indecisive eyes
He can lift boulders overhead with just one little finger
But a glass to his lips?
He wonders at tomorrow
Will there be chaos and sirens
A telephone ringing high
In a towering newspaper building
On a desk in a vacant office
Whose doors read “C. Kent”
Will people far below
Call up towards the sky
For help that will never come
While Lois speaks into the receiver
“I’m sorry, I don’t know where he is,
He hasn’t come in today”
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