Five for Fighting - Superman (It's Not Easy)
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Lyrics:
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naïve
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm more than a bird,
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me
I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd but don't be naïve
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me - เพลง
The sound of my father playing this song on the piano, from down the hall, while I do algebra homework, on an autumn evening in Connecticut, almost two decades ago-- these are sacred sounds to me. I love you, Dad.
That sounds amazing
What a wonderful memory ❤️
What a vivid picture. Amazing.
So sweet ❤️
@Rachel McMurray how old is this song? I didn’t think it was that old, but when you get old as me, time flies faster, a million times faster than when you’re young. And it’s SO HARD! I’d love to be young again, if just for a few days.
My friend passed away in cancer earlier this month. Father of two. This was his favorite song.
Sorry for your loss, stay strong 💪🏻
Well he has good taste! Sorry he’s gone. You may see him again. You never KNOW……………………………..
@@davidlyleson1111 that's what I believe, thank you
@@warrenfernandes1006 thank you Warren.
I miss our talks every day.
Sorry for your loss 🙏
I miss you so much dad. This was your favorite song. 6 years ago you gained your wings, and 6 years ago you played this song at McDonalds when i was eating lunch on my lunch break, telling me that you were still here watching over me. I still cry any time I hear or think of this song. Thank you for being the best dad a girl could ask for, and you will always be my Superman🦸i will love and miss you forever 🪽♥️
I lost my dad October 14th, 2022. I hope you're doing okay, and wherever you are now you're happy and safe, and he's proud of you, even if you believe with all your heart that he isn't. Music has a way of healing and of telling us things we need to hear the most, from exactly who we needed to tell us.
My dad too. He always said, "I'm no superman." I sang this in his honor once I could get through it without crying.
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I lost my dad too, it was June 25th, 2022. After I graduated middle school, before he passed away, he posted photos on his Instagram and said this "My little man is graduating today. All grown up, honor student. Can't be more blessed than this. I am confident you will do well in your journey becoming a man. I will always be with you and love you. My eyes through yours, Son becomes the father and the father becomes the sun." One of his favorite lines from the Superman movies. I'll always love him, and I wish you lots of luck
I can’t help but think of Christopher Reeve’s great portrayal of my favorite superhero growing up, then all his bravery and all his struggles after he was paralyzed in that accident, and the other hero, his wife, that stood by his side, cared for him until the very end. And joined him in death, just a few months after he passed away, even though she was a healthy 44 year old woman. She died of a broken heart. RIP Christopher and Dana Reeve, you’re both heros
Well said.
The Man of Steel - lifes great tragic irony - but Christopher and Dana were Superheroes afterall...
yes, love is strong and dying of a broken heart is a real scientifically proven death - in a way the heart is like our emotional brain and this song tugs at the heart strings. When superman soared on the screen my heart swelled with joy, even as it does with simple things like watching spring leaves unfold on the tree outside the window or playing music with others. The fear and anger in the world cannot quench the love in the human heart.
Everyone going on about Superman but this is for all the men who are struggling with life and what it means to be oneself. Stay strong
thephilosopherslegacy here in the Philippines, they tagged it as the song of gay men. Like ‘its not easy to be me’
@@leagueofwhatever987 woah really?! We just call it the Superman song in my family and I always thought it was about dads. Never heard it referenced as a song for gay men despite being born and still residing/living in the Philippines. Hahaha oh pang-jamming lang namin sa school 'to noon kasama ng "Torete", " Passenger's Seat" at "Iris"
I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane, I'm more than some pretty face beside the train... In more than a man in a funny red suit... About a home I'll never see... and you don't think it's a superman song? 😃
@@leagueofwhatever987 first time I've heard of it. Is it really tho?
@@leagueofwhatever987 i am a Filipino and i can say that you're wrong. The lyrics is very clear.
its a perfect song for person who's looking strong but inside they're struggling, sad.
Very true
I agree 💯 I feel like dying sometimes I think I'm already dead inside
thats me
I think that is so called depression.. only therapist can help... if it worsen, please find one... everything will eventually be alright as long as you find the right person to talk to... :)
that's exactly what i'm currently going thru. sometimes, just sometimes the struggling gets alittle too overbearing that the shoulders feel alittle weak to hold up.
Lyrics:
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naïve
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm more than a bird,
I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me
I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd but don't be naïve
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed but won’t you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me
Up, up and away, away from me
Well, it's alright
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naïve
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me, inside of me [2x]
I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
I’m only a man looking for a dream
I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
And it's not easy.
It's not easy to be me.
Could you download All I Know? Please? 😢🥺🙏💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Thank u
Someone will find this song a couple of decades from now and it will become an universal all-time classic, bigger than it is now.
I dedicate this song to my dad he has dementia, and it kills me seeing him suffer through this. And even though he has this disease he tries very hard to show us that he’s OK so if you’re reading this, please say prayer for my dad. God bless you all.
🙏🙏🙏❣ My Dad too. He's 90. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤
My grandmother had it for 15 years until she passed last year.
I visited every week and witnessed the departure of her faculties.
Be strong for your dad, brother. He still needs you.
I believe that I, myself are quite possibly it the early stages of this malady at 47yo. In my youth, high school, and unversity years, I had NO trouble spelling complex words, actually winning regional and placing in state spelling bees. On some really bad days, you guys reading this would think me to be typing some foreign language. If not some form of dimentia, I'm thinking possibly cte brought on from years of combat sports. I've not told anyone around me this, for fear of changing the way they see me....don't know, guys.... suggestion?
I'm praying for him! 🙏 ❤
@@dullahan7677 If it's CTE you're in a bad place and gonna have to figure some major stuff out, but if it's early onset Alzheimer's or dementia, you should check out some of the new research they've been doing linking bacterial infections to those two.
Could always just be the natural effects of getting old and pushing the envelope with your body too bro.
Truly one of the most beautifully written songs of all time.
John should have won a Grammy...
@@mvader7188 hhgb
At 66 years old, with all the lives I've lived, all the loves I've lost and gained, all the children I've raised, all the friends and family that have passed beyond the veil--this song still resonates. Just as poignant as it was the first time it played on my radio, so many years ago. It's not easy, but it is worth it.
Good luck ❤ in your life ❤
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It’s 2023 and I’m here and just can’t help but think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written for real. God Bless everyone out there reading this .
And to you too kind sir. This is a great song and one that brings tears to my eyes when I listen to it.
I’m listening to Five For Fighting Superman (It’s Not Easy) late August 2023
It is !!!!
I'm a married father of 6 who was just diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. I've got less than a year to live. This hits me in thg he feels.
Praying for you, good sir. Have a good life and take care.
May God Heal you in Jesusname🙏
Im so sorry. May God Bless you
Make everything memorable...n just fight.
You will overcome 💛💙💜💚❤ You will heal completely 🌻🌻🌻🌻
My brother passed away today and this song always made me think of him. He was always putting on a cape and trying to fly. This is for Frankie. Rest in peace brother
O_o
@@jaclyn4808 I am loss for your sorry.
I'm so sorry for your loss.:(I know this pain will never go away,but it will fade with time.He's in heaven now.
Im so sorry for your loss
Is that how he died? Putting on a cape and trying to fly? Cause that could definitely lead to death, depending where he tried to take off from.
Every decade has a song like this that makes you look back fondly at that decade, and remember what was good "back then".
You may not think so at the time, because you're living in the present, but this song (and those like it) attaches itself to and makes memories that are worth remembering.
Well said..thanks
Surviving Acute Myleoid Leukemia for the last two years this Superman knows "It's NOT easy to be me!"
You got this!
I can't listen to this song without crying my eyes out! It reminds me of my little girl! When she was 9, we used to listen to this song. It seemed like it was her and I against the World! Today, almost 20 years later, my daughter is struggling with heroin addiction and I don't know how to help her! If you're reading this, please say a little prayer for my little girl!
I will say a prayer. I had a similar issue with alcohol. Have her try reishi it helps with raising ones consciousness.
@@user-dc4kq8vl4e Thank you!
I've been there. There's plenty of new medications out there now that can get her off the dope without going through withdrawals. Would she consider a methadone clinic to start with? I went from methadone to Suboxone, and that worked for me. Cold turkey withdrawals were too painful and long lasting. Try to get her on a program. You both have my prayers.
I’m so sorry. It’s so hard on the parents. Thinking of you 🙏🤗
John Volken Academy. Check to see if they will take her. 100% success when other things fail. My son on heroin never relapsed.
I fight depression and anxiety everyday. This song reminds me that I will win.
Just like the moon you don’t have to be whole to shine
you will emerge victorious after all that, my guy. 🖤
You will babe. Believe.
You can do it!
You can do it man...it's hard but it's worth it..I know 'cause I have been there.
The idea that Superman 'can't stand to fly' is genius. This song will forever be relevant. It has an incredible way of humbling you as soon as you hear that piano introduction.
Pa, I want to express my deepest gratitude for all the sacrifices you've made for our family. I know it's not easy to raised 4 children, but you did your very best and your selflessness and love have shaped my life in the most beautiful way, and I am forever thankful.💚 YOU ARE OUR SUPERMAN, THE BEST FATHER IN THE WORLD.💚💚
This is what all good fathers want, now it is your responsibility to live like your dad taught you to. Remember that he wanted you to be better than him, do you know why I know it? Because that's exactly what I want for my kids, I want them to be better than me. Cheer buddy
"The hardest part of being strong is that no one ever asks if you're still okay."
The message of this song is so honest.
Story of my life...so strong
It's a painful truth often for people that end up giving up they ask why no one noticed but it's not usually that its that they were the strong one and they just stayed strong until they couldn't anymore : (
indeed
Are you okay?
@@white_lightning_0171 nah I have a crippling Lego addiction. And to this song.
i'm not sure people fully realize how utterly brilliant this song is. master class in songwriting
He has an elegant grasp of poetry.
I think so .. these kind of music you need to save up in a playlist
Bc in time you listen to many music and forget sometimes and than out of nowhere
Like
I was listening to random playlist and this came popping in my ear i was omg it’s been ages that i heard it on smallville ..if i am not mistaken
Somehow it made me search another song
David gray this year love ...its sound so sad but yet so beautiful
@@poisonivymathers Actually..."out of the blue" isn't always a bad thing.
A song you haven't heard in years can come on & completely change your entire day.
Lyrics from another song (google it).
Ain't it funny how a melody
Can bring back a memory
Take you to another place & time
Completely change your state of mind
@@scottpowell5605 Clint black?? I hope you don’t like country music...the absolute worst. No good songwriting there.
@@undergroundkingz7969 Can't say that I'd agree with you, but to each their own.
Music appreciation is entirely subjective.
My brother died 2 days ago, this song is his favourite. He never angry, his personality is beautiful always makes people, friends around him laugh out loud. He was the one and only in this world. i will forever miss him. I love you mas Rakabery ❤
Lo siento mucho por tu perdida
Sorry for you lost ,he is in a better place now,god bless you..!
RIP to your bro
You got a Cool brother.May God Bless Your brother's Soul
He is always with you.
Anyone appreciating this masterpiece dedicated to us superheroes in 2024?
I’m listening to Five For Fighting Superman It’s Not Easy late May 2024
1:12
0:34 "I'm more than a bird. I'm more than a plane. I'm a birdplane, a motherf*ing birdplane!" - Axis of Awesome, 4 Chords
+asdfghyter I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of that! xD
+asdfghyter they have a song (probably parody of this one) called Birdplane
EsmeraldMaster Yes, that's the one I was refering to.
+EsmeraldMaster It's a 60 song medley, not really a parody.
+Muse Nw Birdplane is a separate song to the 4 chords song, and it is a parody.
My dad would listen to this song during a dark time in his life. You’re my Superman dad ❤️
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Hope everything is well ❤️
@@josephinemateo2553 in the coming 2021
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Thank you for the like and kind words. My father has another surgery coming up in a few days 💙
I fell in love with my husband when he sang this song. It’s been already 8 years… Wish I could go back to the moment just once.
"I can't stand to fly. I am not that naive. Just out to find the better part of me. Wish I could cry fall upon my knees. Find a way to lie about a place I will never see." I totally relate to this. This hits home as guy who has never owned anything that I can call home. If I am some hero in some way. The song reminds me even heroes get stabbed and have the right to bleed. It's not easy to be me. Listening to this song years later I still find meaning true in those words.
I fight with depression and high anxiety everyday. It's not easy to be me. This has been one of my favorite songs for years.
I know how you feel
I'm with you dear. 🙂
So sorry to hear this 😢.
@@jeremyscott9180 but if were easy anybody could do it
Hope things get better for you friend. One day at a time, best as you can, whatever it may be, receive yourself with kindness... I believe you're healing 🙏
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me
I'm more than a bird, I'm more than a plane
I'm more than some pretty face beside a train
And it's not easy to be me
I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'Bout a home I'll never see
It may sound absurd, but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed, but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
And it's not easy to be me
Up, up and away, away from me
Well it's all right
You can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy or anything
I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me, inside of me, yeah
Inside of me, inside of me
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
I'm only a man looking for a dream
I'm only a man in a funny red sheet
And it's not easy
Oh, it's not easy to be me
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Thanks 4 the lyrics
thanks for the lyrics
I remember after 9/11 when this song played non-stop in support of all the first responders who risked their lives. I miss that time when we all came together and were one.
"I miss 9/11"
This song and mad world always remind me of 911
This was released in 2001, a song that holds true in every sense of the song's meaning.. 22 years later, still holds very true in every sense...
For sure, those listening to this misses 20 years ago when life was so much simpler.
Wherever your are, whoever you are, I pray you get by each and every struggling day!!!
This is my theme song. I have overcome learning disabilities, being told I don't matter most of my life. Married a wonder woman on may 5th 2012 when I was twenty nine years old. My wife battles with bipolar. I over came the odds once again to be an amazing husband for her. Now I battle anxiety, depression, PTSD and fibromlgyia. Have not work since 2014. I am a stay at home husband who main dreams is to be a voice for those who don't have a voice. we are Woking on our TH-cam page where I play ps3 and ps4 games and we talk about mental illness and what it is like to have them!!!!! Thank you TH-cam for giving us a voice
K
Lol dont kill me
Eh okay!!!! Not sure what you mean by that. If that is a joke it is a tasteless one and very rude.
Good spirit, you can overcome it with such positivity
All right!
One of the most refreshing songs written in the last 10-15 years. No vocal acrobatics or gimmicks, just great, pure singing from the heart.
aww so true💗
Slightly older actually (released in 2000), but the point stands. Mad feels.
Agreed. This song is absolutely amazing.
that is so feeels ;___;
Timliu92 yes
I really liked this song when I was younger, but now I'm a father, and the struggles are hard, but because of my angels, I'm fine, happy, and still kicking . It's now that I'm in my 30s , and I really understand the meaning of this song.
This song reminds us to appreciate and be grateful to those who crossed the oceans for us. Those who helped us unconditionally.
Well said... My grandparents emigrated from eastern Europe in 1918 during very difficult times. The Baltics under German, Nazi, Russian and Soviet control and to a lesser extent the Polish. Take your pick. Generational trauma. Now here I am living in a not perfect country but without physical fear. I will always be thankful for their sacrifice. They crossed the ocean.
Nah, it reminds us that he's more than a bird, he's more than a plane, he's a BIRDPLANE!!! A MOTHERFKN BIRDPLANE
My daughter graduated high school today. My son graduated college last month. I remember listening to this song in 2000 with my one year old son in my lap on the beach in Southern California, wondering what the future would hold. It has all happened so fast! At least this song brings me back to 2000, sitting on that beach.
Congratulations,GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY.😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓🎓
that's was nostalgic. congratulations to your offsprings....
Congrats for your family.
Time to pick up and leave communist California and move to the USA.
You’ve done your sentence.
This song inspired me to make a song that is inspired by love. If you want to listen to it here is the link: th-cam.com/video/3Wo0zFPt_t0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
Deus abençoe sua família 🙏📿
My dad used to listen to this song daily. This was played at his funeral, it brings back so many memories. Miss ya dad 🕊
I remember my dad playing this all the time for me and my sister on the way to drop us off at the babysitters in the morning to catch the bus there while he went to work. He passed away last July. Thank God for music
Played this at my husbands funeral,one of the bravest men I had the privilege of loving 💔
To the awakened souls who have gone thru so much, still wandering and never belonged - i dedicate this to us, the real heroes❤
This song is one of the most brilliantly written, performed and melodic songs of all time. It literally tears at your heart and soul. Released in April, just 5 months before 9/11, this gem became the anthem dedicated to all of the first responders and civilians who gave or risked their lives for their fellow american citizens. What has happened to us as a nation since then? You've written so many other brilliant songs as well, John. Can you write another one to bring us back some unity these days?
Man... I miss the late 90s early 2000s music. Now that I'm older, with issues of a stupid life, these songs are a whole new meaning.
Yeah. Old songs got deeper meaning than now.
Same :(
live
Always go back to the music of your past. It will always make your present look rosy!! Treasure your life and these people around you. Someday, you will look back and realize you made it!
@@PlatinumIrishrose well said. Thank you.
The theme for superman.... lovely and fitting for everyday heroes, the unsung ones especially! Thanks for this gem 💎💎💎
This actually the only Superman song that makes sense
When I was a kid I just view this as that “superman song”. But as I grew up I realised how incredible the lyrics are; it’s about viewing the other side of a story; how superman in our mind is that perfect beacon of happiness and strength everyone wants to be- but the truth is that perhaps he never even existed. Perhaps the real superman is afraid of flying, is suffering from loneliness, is burdened by his own power, lives eternal but dies alone. Superman is a symbol of our naive way of viewing the world when we never saw pass the layers. We grew up, we failed, we made mistakes, we get rejected, battered, disappointed, we fell in love, found a family, and realised that those naive dreams are not what it seems, it’s just the way it is, it’s not easy but it’s okay.
Florencia Edgina Well summarized
What you wrote was so romantically beautiful.
Know what- when i get money im making a poster and putting this on it and of course ill give u credit
Natsu Dragneel oh wow thanks!
Florencia Edgina that was beautiful
Let's be honest, this song will never get old.
@RECITE-GOD-PURIFY-ME-EACH-SECOND What are you trying to gain from this?
@@Recite-God-Heal-Me-Loveno
its always been old, but it's timeless. as i said, it's a must
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I’m currently in one of the most difficult and saddest period of my life. I’m struggling everyday and I feel like pieces of me are breaking everyday. I find solace in music, in beautiful songs like this and in hope. I don’t know any of you who will read this comment, but I want to say that I love you all.
Maybe I can’t understand your pain, what you are going through, but I wish all of you peace and a beautiful life.
Even Superman, one of my most beloved superheroes, has troubles and he suffers, but he is the symbol of hope, and we can all be Superman a little bit if we Hope. One day maybe, we’ll be free from all of our pain and we’ll be flying high with happiness and feeling peace inside. I wish all of you all the peace life has taken away from you and I wish you all one day, to look back at your demons and your struggles and say “It wasn’t easy, but I did it, I’m still here, I’m fine, you no longer can control me”.
I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart and my soul ❤️.
you express yourself and the world so beautifully, but it does not fit with your moniker "the joker". It makes me suspicious of your words and deeds
@@chaseroberts3111 well, That’s just my TH-cam nickname I had it since like years. It’s like that old surname you don’t really know why you have it but you keep it because it’s nostalgic. I don’t see why you should find anything strange in my words, I’m being fully honest.
hey, we don't have identical experiences and I'm sure your issues are significantly different from mine. but I do understand going through the worst issues of your life, at least up to the point of life you're experiencing, and I wanted to say that as hard as it is, relief eventually comes. Even if the initial issue sticks around in your brain and makes it hard to truly move on, you can move onto a new chapter of your life and spend years working through your initial hangups.
For me, it was leaving a toxic dependant friendship with my best friend because he began dating a girl I had just spent a year confiding in him about a crush I had on her. Is it high school shit? Sure. But it fucking hurt more than just about anything. I haven't had consistent friends in my life. The fact that someone seemingly used my feelings to blow his nose into before throwing them in the bin, that was huge. And I struggled with that for years.
Today, I hang out with my coworkers. I understand that my kindness is a choice. There is a Rational reaction and an Emotional reaction, and sometimes they don't align and you have to pick one. The cheat code is that if you spend too much time trying to rationalise an emotional response, you're going to realise that despite your best efforts, your emotions win. Don't torture yourself over "facts over feelings" and a need to reconcile everything. Let yourself feel whatever you need to feel. Usually, even if it's ugly and dark, you'll understand what you need to do to move forward.
I was around 55 yrs old driving truck when this song came out. I love it, I don't get to hear it enough. It's such a beautiful tune!
Hello, how are you doing it's nice meeting you here
Hi old timer? You have great taste in music. I hope you are well and enjoying life.
@@deloson hi , thank you kind person. Loving retirement, I hope you live a very long, happy, prosperous life🥰
My dad used to watch Smallville all the time and I remember this song playing at the end of an episode. He was killed some time ago and I listen to this song alot because in a way it relates to him and it reminds me of that time we spent together.
LeeAnn King What happened to him? :( (Sorry just curious)
Duncan J. It's fine really, he was killed by my mother's (she isn't my mom anymore (legally)) boyfriend. They divorced a year before he died and she had cheated on him a lot and the man that killed my dad was one of her boyfriends. He was shot in the stomach and bled out. It's okay to talk about now, he died 5 years ago.
LeeAnn King Dang that's tragic. I'm sorry.
LeeAnn King sorry to hear that...............be strong my dear
its a amazing song and you a pretty and strong girl
I always get a sad sense of nostalgia when I hear early 2000s songs. There is something special about them.
Maybe it's your childhood
Same lol
I know what you mean. My kids had these songs on their iPods. Man I miss those years.
yeah 2000s songs were the last bunch of good songs now you occasionally get one or two good songs
@Mac this one has the soul and passion of the nineties
Most of Five for Fighting's songs have a wistful tone that can break your heart!!!! I love this song!!!
For the angel of the lord said, go forth. I shall be with you for all time..
My youngest brother loved this song so much. He’s gone since 1st of June 2019. I miss him so much and everytime i hear this song it reminds me so much of him. This song’s really about him, he loved Superman character for his whole life, he always showed he’s strong but inside he’s struggling with his life, and he always said : it’s not easy to be me...Only him, never leave my mom, me-my sister and my eldest brother left and leave our mom behind, but he did not, until the death took him away from us, he still lived with her and took care of her, he kept his promise to take care our mom till death do them apart...hey you, hope you’re still listening to this song with me wherever you are, maybe up there in heaven...losing you is more painful than most people realize...
much love to your brother
My sincere condolences,take Care of u mom too
RIP Marvin
For we are all as shooting stars in the night sky. I pray that you noticed my light...
You made me cry Florence. love is the meaning of life and loss is the hardest thing of all. I suppose it’s now your turn to be superwoman
"I'm only a man in a silly red sheet" If this song were created today, it would have 1 billion views on TH-cam!
That final shot, of him laying with his child and his wife, is everything. It's all I've ever wanted, and it is my greatest regret in life that I have neither at my age. God willing, I can change both while I'm still here, but cancer is sure trying to prevent it.
I prey to the most high you beat your cancer and have a beautiful family. Amen 🙏
My ex wife divorced due to my nervous breakdown. I was the provider of the house. Working extra shifts, getting my masters degree, etc...after I was of no use to her she left me. Still hurts. I'm 100 percent now. Feel great. Her loss. Ladies, we are not supermen. We can only do so much.
I don't know you and neither do you
As a stranger I would only say is,Just STAY STRONG 💪
and everything will be alright 👍🏻
@nabamnitin8715 thank you so much
@cappycappy3322 thank you
Women are not shit man. Look for something better.
I'm so sorry she couldn't be your rock when you needed her. Even rocks need support, otherwise they'll fall into the ocean to sink.
I'm watching Smallville Season1 episode 16 awhile ago and they played this song at the end of the episode...because of Smallville I remembered how great this song is..
Ahn Jae me too :)
So have you seen every episode of "Smallville"
(Yes spelled it right this time)
Abi Ewalt I have :D
Back when music made us to cry. Thank you for all the rock bands.
Now we got garbage like Soulja Boy Snoop Dogg and pitbull.
I miss the good old days where songs made you cry or pump you up for a movie not just lame cash grabs.
Chris Emiya cant agree more
Randall Raines back when music meant something more than drugs and sex.
Amen to that
@@sean66606 absolutely right.
I swear to God, if James Gunn doesn't include this song in Superman Legacy. His music choice has been impeccable so far.
I hope he does include this song as well. I also hope he makes Lex Luthor the President of the United States in his version of Superman, just like in “Superman/Batman: Public Enemy”.
Still gives me chills. I'd play this as I left my second shift job, struggling with a wife and 4 kids on one income. It gave me a strange comfort.
Wow I am in Canada and in order to survive with one child and say a home or rent, I think most couples would have to both be working.
@underated17 what do they do with the 4 kids in Canada? Put them on a moose😂.
But for real.
Sometimes it's more financially viable to have 1 person stay home, even if its not what either wants.
@@commonsense.1014 I agree with you. Part of me would really like to stay home. For many complex reasons. I overthink and would not have the patience to deal with a lot of people. I feel like there are more than enough duties around the house even without kids. I wish this generation would understand this.
@@commonsense.1014 🤣
This song was played at my cousins funeral.He loved Superman all his life. I listen to this song for him almost everyday. He died of silent depression.
Depression is really the silent killer
Wym?
Cause he was Superman🤧
So sad
The real Superman depicted in this song is within each and everyone of us. Trying to do everything for our love ones. That no matter how hard we try to protect our love ones, trying to be strong for them ( esp. In times of great sickness and/or soldiers at war)...we have to admit that we still bleed inside. That we have the capacity to do great and even impossible things because of the love we have inside of us. A song dedicated for mothers who sacrifices their life and health just to give life to another human being. We don't have wings but we have love inside which can cross even the vast oceans or even fly way past into the moon. Salute to all who have so much in their hearts.
It's Not Easy
I dont remember askin
The ending of the video really shows the true intent behind the song. You may initially relate it to just a song about Superman, but the true meaning is about being a husband and a father. As a man, your expected to be strong, stoic and basically a “super hero” to your family. How many of us are our dads as Superman? This song means more now than ever before, with masculinity under attack.
Well said
I knew I wasn't the only one thinking about it. As a dad myself I know the struggles we have to face to raise kids, specially now that there are so many ideologies that are not that good for them. thank God my wife is there and we can raise them to be a good man and a good woman
@@ErickCastrilloArroyo U are lucky, I have to do it alone. My ex-wife is a basket case.
@@davidstokar887I see what you say, my dad had to raise me and my sister after my so called mother abandoned us. I remember all his efforts to work and provide for us and spend time with us. You can do it my good man, one day you'll look back and see that all the struggles were not in vain, you'll see your kids all grown up and being good people and believe me you would smile and feel good
@@ErickCastrilloArroyo Yes and it is amazing how much discrimination we have to overcome just to be seen. I was a single Dad to my sons yet it was as if we didnt exist. The hatred by some women was suprising
This song just popped into my head. Oh how true this song is. For it truly is hard to be me.
U know this song is iconic when the song is like 20 years old and the comments section is still active ❤️
Hell yes brother
This song gets me everytime i come back to listen to it.. idk. 😭🤗
I'll be back 20 years from now
@hime, so this song IS 20 or more years old? Unbelievable!
Secondhand Serenade said it best. "Songs never die."
2001: masterpiece
2023: masterpiece
2024: still and will forever be a masterpiece
This song and 100 years absolutely destroy me. Men we can cry here, in solitude as friends who, simply understand.
Fucking Mood Mate. ❤
This song gives us the real depth of Superman. He is more than power, invincibility, and strength. He has dreams and admiration that he gave up for a greater cause.
This song inspired me to make a song that is inspired by love. If you want to listen to it here is the link: th-cam.com/video/3Wo0zFPt_t0/w-d-xo.html
Thank you!
"He has dreams and admiration that he gave up for a greater cause" sounds like a good father to me.
Dear stranger reading this. I don't know you but I know no matter how
bad it feels right now, it will get better. the sun will rise and there
will be another day where you don't feel the way you do right now.
Making it through the pain you feel now will be worth those good moments
ahead of you. Don't you give up on yourself, I believe in you and even
though I don't know who you are, I love you.
Thank you.. i really need this right now.. thank you so much ❤️
Thank you so much. I needed to read that also. Thanks again.
Thank you so much friend, that means a lot
Thank you..
Thank you for this....Keep safe to us always...
Such a beautiful song. So many stories of people that it's hit hard and meant something to. Congratulations on a long standing masterpiece. It's been one of my favorite songs since it was released. Thank you
i had forgotten how much i loved this song though. Hats of to you Mr. The Algorithm 👌🏽🤠
This song changed my life. I justified my worth with my looks, my grades, and my friendships, but I realized something. If everything was stripped away if I was left broke and alone, what could I look back on and be proud of. Nothing. From here on, I vow to be different. No more lies, no more masks, no more capes, just me; honest, apologetic, and true.
ty for this comment
❤️
I love this comment. I could’ve wrote it. Everything in my life has been justified by how pretty I am or not pretty enough depending on who was in my life at the time. I surrender my life to Jesus Christ and now know the meaning of true pure love. If you’re reading this now and September Oh 2021, surrender now your life to Jesus Christ. The only meaning in life is to worship our creator. The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob. Blessings to you all of you
Dare to be different, we're all unique here! And we are proud of it!
I mean, I'd have things to be proud of but right now, I kind of am broke. Broke and living with my parents.
For everyone who's reading this, yes, it's not easy to be who we are right now, but know that it is only you, yourself can do such things, greater things. You are you. The world is ugly without you. You're precious inside and out. Sending love from my heart to your's. 🌻💝
Ugh u don’t know how bad I needed to hear this in this moment ❤ thank you
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I don't know how I got here, as soon as I heard this song my tears came to my eyes... It's been so long... I listened to this song all the time, when my children were little, like 4 and 7 years old, at that time I separated from my husband, he returned to our country and I stayed with my two young kids here in the USA. I got depressed, I wanted to go back to my country and my mother told me don't do it, hold on, you'll do better there than here... wise words... now my daughter with 23 years old, she has just graduated as an economist and my son is studying computer science, both in Los Angeles, good guys and I am so proud of them… life is difficult, it is not easy but it is beautiful and you have to draw strength from anywhere. Now I look back and say I did it, it was hard being single mom but I did it. Thanks God ❤ and my dad (my angel)
What a masterpiece 👏😍 Salute to all the fathers in the world who do everything for their family. You are the real SUPERMAN.
My childrens’ dad became a real dad, and I’m grateful
This song resonates
Thank you to all of you who wrote these lyrics, and to everyone who never get deserved credit.
this song hits so hard when you visualise yourself finally healed from all the past traumas and emotional neglect
The way you wrote that sentence made me cry. I hope for healing and happiness for you.
I've been going through a really hard time. As a male, our whole life we are taught to be strong, and to never show vulnerability or weakness. This song feels like a permission to be human. To cry. Thank you for writing this beautiful song.
A man is only hu-man like everyone else. I’m only a man in a phony red sheet looking for special things inside of me. Inside of me.
Feel it too bro. Everyday showing a smile like everything is gonna be alright for your family. But deep inside, you have to bear a pain that you cant show to anyone. It's insanely hard
I been having a very tonight time, this song helps
A man who allows himself to cry and show emotions is in my eyes a real man
I would pick him over some tough guy anytime and i mean anytime
I want somebody who will laugh with me and cry with me
My own Superman Jenny 😊😳🌟✨
Toxic masculinity is real. ☹️
I knew about this song for a long time but it hasn't hit me until now. I don't cry I'm not good at it, I struggle with emotion everyday. I've always Identified with Superman because I know what it's like to have to smile, and to play a up your happiness and be hopeful. Struggling with health issues I can't be down be down because I can't do that to my family, they can't see me down. But now as I'm nearly 30 I feel so stuck in life, so alone not having anyone and being a little angry at all the young years that I never had because of my health. All the friends who just didn't bother and left me behind. The fact I don't have any now. Sometimes it's really not easy to be me. But if anyone reading this feels anything similar or is just down. Never fall into hopelessness there is always hope. I don't know where you got this idea that your weak, or ugly, or pathetic, or worthless, or whatever it may be but you are enough you are so enough it is unbelievable how enough you are, and you are worth it. And even when it's hard and I know it's hard, I know it can be fucking hard but smile especially when it's hard smile, when it feels like that sinking feeling is closing in, when that black cloud is just a few feet behind, when the black dog of depression is nipping at your heels, SMILE!!!
Amen my friend amen
For my son Sam. July 18,1990- March 14, 2023
God I love you and miss you with all my being.💔
To everyone who has mental illness and still has to wake up every day to fight their demons and are doing their best are heroes ❤ With the responsibility that comes as we go into adulthood. Putting food on the table and paying bills. Its hard to be us. We are superman/heroes
Well that's 99 % of the earth pop 😂
I really needed to hear this today, thank you--I am in the deepest depression of my life, just going thru the motions of trying to live each day.
@@trishhyrowski1375, me too.
Well said man, thanks
@@trishhyrowski1375 hey! you can do it! most of us are trying to fight our inner demons, depression, anxiety don't give up it may not be easy but you can do it :)
Kaway sa mga pinoy dyan na old song ang libangan habang lockdown❤️❤️
Maganda din collide.
Yoohoo musta
2010s ang vibe ko
Trye
True
The world does not need a Superman, just a brave one. And even then, it's not easy. this song hits hard.
Don't be afraid to find your own identity. But it's better to create it.❤
"I"m only a man, in a silly red sheet, digging for kryptonite of this one way street. I'm only a man, in a funny red sheet, looking for special things inside of me" Some of my favorite lyrics of all time
Brings back memories from my teenage years fighting depression. This song meant a lot to me. Music back then gave me strength. 🥺
I'm with you on that.
Released in 2000. Crazy how fast time goes by
This song always gets me emotional & I end up remembering Smallville everytime as well. Love it. It's magical n so many ways!
2023 and still having goosebumps when listening to this song.
I’m listening to Five For Fighting Superman (It’s Not Easy) late February 2023
Agreed
That’s because it’s fucking amazing
@@FIshfood500 it's truly timeless
@@ivanbrown7124 agreed
When I was younger as a kid in high school, my father was my superman. Never budging always stoic. Now that I am a man in my 30s going through life and understanding the necessity for being the man that he had to be for our sake. This song really resonate with me. Just as I imagine how this song resonate with the ideology that men must behave a certain way as our society perceive us to be, when deep down i am really just a man in a silly red sheet.
This and 100 years are incredible songs
When I tell you no way I'm listening to 100 years, now that I'm 29 and my daughter is almost 2. 😢
Everyone asked where Superman is, but no one asked HOW Superman is.
Said i can stop to fly....
Lol
Last i checked he eating the sun
Bro...
Mind = blown
Five for Fighting, the only artist that manages to make me almost cry over a song! That says something, I never cry when I hear a song, but for some reason, this man is the only one that can make me cry with music.
Me too...I was just thinking that.
onmas909 its fr evry1 whos gotta toughen up fr d wrld arnd dem beautiful song...n wht better ways 2 xpress dan d superman widin us al
agee..
Listen to his song "I Just Love You". That one gets me everytime!
It's weird .....when this song made me tearful I 'd thought it was my personal experience ..but someone has had it too........wow
R.I.P To my father we are both Smallville fans tom willing is a great actor We enjoy watching the show 😰😢I still watch Smallville till things day remember the greatest days with my father......but it's not easy
It’s 2023 and this song is still attached to my heart ♥️
I’m listening to Five For Fighting Superman (It’s Not Easy) the end of April 2023
I’m right there with ya
I first listened to this song at 15, my father was driving his car. I remember I was in the backseat, just chilling and trying to see sights. Now I'm 23, and it's still meaningful and wholesome. It takes me back to those times that I was carefree, no jobs to look forward to. It makes me happy.
One of the greatest songs of all time IMHO. The piano intro, the meaningful lyrics, the way Ondrasik sings, the buildup, the arrangement of the instruments, the final piano arpeggio, etc. To me it's perfect in every way. Can't listen to it enough!
As a person who has battled severe depression and bipolar disorder since my teens, this song strikes a chord. It seems to encapsulate the ongoing search I undertook to find the real and happy me as I hid what was happening inside from those that I love. It took 40 years to achieve my victory, but this song helped me to never give up. Thank you for creating and posting a song that remains genuinely inspirational.
Excellent 👌❤,keep it up..
You are a huge motivational to me.just seeing your message once I have done my gratitude journal writing..i strongly belive that universe has sent me a message that be patience and I'm on the lane of victory soon..
@@Gayu221 Never give up. I've battled so much in my life, from bipolar disorder to incurable blood cancer. I am a firm believer in maintaining a positive attitude, which is why I have defied the odds with my cancer for 10 years. I have had dark days, but I've learned from them to grow and become a stronger person. I believe in you, and I believe that you will manage to enjoy the best that life can offer. Your comment proves that you are on the right track to find the answers you need. I'm glad that my comment has helped you, and I wish you luck in the future.
thanks a lot for your reply..lots of love..stay blessed always.
I remember singing this at a Thai karaoke bar in the Tendernob with some friends and a girl I was in love with. I sang it both terribly and beautifully that night... 😊
This song always reminds me of 9/11 concert dedicated to the 1st responders at the Twin Towers in NYC. Many brave men and women who wish they could cry when fell upon their knees. Much respect for their service and sacrifice - even to this day 22 years later.
Amen brother you got it 100%!
Yes. It became the anthem for all those souls taken on that terrible day. 9/11. ♥️
These song is to honor all heroes that fight for us everday,and that is our parents and every profession who serves the public.
This song had no business slapping so hard
I miss my superman my hero my darling husband R.I.P xxx