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Tegan and Sara - Opening + Im not your hero @ Orpheum Theater Flagstaff, AZ
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sara Quin
Sara Quin
Vocals
Tegan Quin
Tegan Quin
Vocals
Greg Kurstin
Greg Kurstin
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Sara Quin
Sara Quin
Songwriter
Tegan Quin
Tegan Quin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jesse Shatkin
Jesse Shatkin
Additional Engineer
Chris Galland
Chris Galland
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Del Bowers
Del Bowers
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Andrew Ford
Andrew Ford
Assistant Engineer
Jeremy Miller
Jeremy Miller
Assistant Engineer
Billy Bush
Billy Bush
Drum Technician
Greg Kurstin
Greg Kurstin
Producer
Brian Gardner
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Manny Marroquin
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

Standing where I am now, standing up at all
I was used to feeling like I was never gonna see myself
At the finish line
Hanging on to parts of me, hanging on at all
I was used to seeing no future in my sight line
Sometimes it feels like they wanna remind me
Send all those villains after me
I'm not their hero
But that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave
I never walked the party line
Doesn't mean that I was never afraid
I'm not your hero
But that doesn't mean we're not one and the same
Feeling like I am now lighting up the hall
I was used to standing in the shadow of a damaged heart
Learning all I know now, losing all I did
I never used to feel like I'd be standing so far ahead
(Oh)
Sometimes it feels what I recovered you lost
(Oh)
Sending your peaceful loss to me
I'm not their hero
But that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I never walked the party line
Doesn't mean that I was never afraid
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I'm not your hero
But that doesn't mean we're not one and the same
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Sometimes it feels like the side that I'm on
Plays the toughest hand, holds the longest stand
Sometimes it feels like I'm all that they've got
Gets so hard to know I'm not what they want
(Oh)
Sometimes it feels like the side that I'm on
(Oh, oh)
Plays the toughest hand, holds the longest stand
Sometimes it feels like I'm all that they've got
It's so hard to know I'm not what they want
I'm not their hero
But that doesn't mean that I wasn't brave
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I never walked the party line
Doesn't mean that I was never afraid
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I'm not your hero
But that doesn't mean we're not one and the same
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
I do my best to walk the finest line
Till I've had all that I can take
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Oh-oh
(Oh-oh-oh-oh)
Written by: Sara Quin, Tegan Quin

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