Contagious

You dared to be the hero
You swore you'd be courageous
I suppose it doesn't work that way:
Bravery is contagious

You said you'd never be a fool
Afraid to be too outrageous
But we both knew it was different:
Charisma is contagious

All the times you said to me,
"You know, they'd never make us"
We wanted to be with the crowd:
Conformity is contagious

Tears were wiped away
And pain had never phased us
But something here was terribly wrong:
Sadness is contagious