The bell rang to signal the end of the school day.

Frank, however, didn't budge. He had a lot of things on his mind at the moment.

Who... can I turn to? Everytime... But then, when people have problems... I'm usually the first they turn to...

Not Kate... I don't want to burden her with anything... But who? I'm not an all star type person... I'm me... Frank Maynard... a normal teenager...

Who the hell am I kidding... Normal... Right. The SEBEC scandal turned my life upside down... Jeez... Mom... Dad... I miss you... I miss you both...

I should be telling myself that my old life is over, but I can't. So many things... I still can't believe that I decked Dean Harding like that... and that he tried to kill us... He followed us to Windia just to kill us...

Normal... what is normal now? I dunno...

Everyone looks up to me when we're together on a quest or a mission. I'm the leader... Frank the leader... yeah... that's got a nice ring to it.

The Persona User chuckled dryly before returning to his thoughts.

Just once though... I'd like to be able to do something without everyone asking me, what should we do. Just once. I can't do it all... Sure... I lead my friends to victory against the Snow Queen... I saved Kate in the coliseum... and I found the Diamond of Truth... But at what cost? Oh yeah... I lost my former life... I can't do it all... Damn... I couldn't save them... mom... dad...

I'm surrounded by it... it scares me... I lost mom and dad... nearly lost Kate... and Brad nearly got killed in Lunarvale... I don't know... death... why...

Frank got up and noticed a piano that was left on stage. He made his way to it and sat on the piano bench.

I don't know...if I lose another one close to me... I don't know... I just can't do it all... I just don't know...

The Persona User began to play a slow sad melody on the piano and began to sing.

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 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,

I'm only a man, in a silly 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, ooh, ooh, ooh...


It's not easy... to be... me...


The Persona User ended the song as he had started it: Slow and sad. Then he sat there, sobbing lightly.