[Verse 1]
Monday I'm a number
Printed on a screen
Another row of data
In a corporate machine
Clock in, clock out
Grinding for a check
Just another daily quest
Trying to earn respect
Then I hear a startup sound
And everything resets
The world starts calling out
Like it hasn't lost me yet

[Chorus]
I'm a hero on weekends
A legend after nine
Defender of the universe
As long as I've got time
I save princesses and planets
And occasionally the day
Then Monday morning comes around
And puts my cape away

[Verse 2]
At work they send an email
Saying valued team
Then cut another budget
And cancel every dream
But in the world online
The king calls me his own
The kingdom needs a hero now
It's dangerous to go alone
One place I'm employee
Four-seven-six-two-three
The other says Player One
And hands the quest to me

[Bridge]
One world needs another report
Before the end of day
One world needs a dragon slain
The princess needs me today
One asks if I've hit my goals
And filled the proper forms
The other hands me magic steel
And sends me into storms
I've slain a thousand monsters
I've answered every call
But somehow none of that experience
Counts at work at all

[Final Chorus]
I'm a hero on weekends
A legend after nine
I've saved the world a hundred times
But that won't help me climb
The ladder at the office
Or earn another raise
Nobody checks for dragon kills
These days
I'm a hero on weekends
And maybe this is true
The heroes in those game worlds
Feel a lot like me and you
Back into reality
Where life moves slow and plain
But somewhere there's a kingdom
Waiting for me again
My save file's right where I left it
Like an old familiar friend