PROLOGUE:
This is my last issue. Turn the page.
After 24, I'm through. Turn the page.
I've been in black and white since everyone stopped reading.
If the world needs a hero, I'm not the one they're needing.
Just turn the page.
I remember pulpy pages
A world of no ink, just pencil gray
I walked for ages and ages
To let The Black Page take it all away
The nothingness was so inviting
Gave it up willingly
Why did you bring me back?
READER:
Because what I see in you
is so much more than you do
I see beauty, love, and truth
And what you mean to me
Is so much more than you can see
What you mean is more than
SUPERSONIC SOUL:
Emptiness, pain, and darkness
When the best you feel is nothing
Then you pray for nothing to be the end
If your life doesn't feel worth saving
Then The Black Page looks like a friend
I let the darkness take the pain away
Almost happily
Why did you bring me back?
Because what I see in you
is so much more than you do
I see beauty, love, and truth
And what you mean to me
Is so much more than you can see
What you mean is more than
Emptiness, pain, and darkness
(feel what you mean)
(be what I see)
(be the hero)
(you are to me)
If your book has never been cancelled
You don't know what The Black Page is about
But I promise you, if it's the last thing I do
You can count on me to get you out
I'm going in willingly once again
But not to stay this time
I'm bringing back my friends
Because what I see in you
inspires what I try to do
I see beauty, love, and truth
And what you mean to me
Is what we all hope we can be
(It's your time now)
I can finally be the hero
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