Hero

That song was played today.  The song that at one time was so powerful and meaningful that it motivated you to perform impossible acts.  Now when it plays, it hurts.  It really hurts.  It reaches deep down into your soul, where it was allowed to enter from the very beginning, and it pushes its agony outwards in all directions.

If you want to move mountains, find a severely depressed person that is desperate to reach a target, and give them a good song.  They will go to the ends of the earth and accomplish anything, while that song is playing.  Building a relationship while being depressed is no exception.  As with any blooming relationship, it can even be somewhat beautiful to watch, on the surface.  However, below the surface, this "moving of mountains" by a depressed person, is actually an "all or nothing" approach to the challenge.  Maybe even a "do or die" approach.  If they are successful, welcome them back to life.  If they are not successful, start digging the grave.

There are people in this world that are lost in life if they do not surround themselves with drama and controversy.  They become so accustomed to it that they actually seek it out or do things, usually in the form of lying, cheating or stealing, to bring it about.  Low self-esteem is one component in the lives of these people that cause them to be this way.  They may profess that they want out of a horrible life that they are in, but they cannot do it.  They can even try to live a more controlled and sane life, but it never lasts for long.  

Some people simply do not want to be rescued.  Mountains can be moved and a million pounds of soul forced effort can be summoned and invested in building a relationship with this person, only to watch them walk away from their own salvation.  As they walk away, they know that it is the wrong thing to do and even cry a river of tears as they do it, but they cannot keep themselves from turning their back on sanity.  They walk right back into that hell and they destroy the life that was there to save their life and in fact had already saved their life.

I can be your hero, baby. 
I can kiss away the pain.  
I will stand by you forever.  
You can take my breath away.