Heroes
You can see it on her faceHer red eyes say she's not safeHow should she know what it meansShe is only just thirteenUnder her duvet's where she hidesTo block the screaming late at nightShe can't remember life beforeMama and Daddy went to war
Poor little girl's so full of confusionCry all you want cause you're only humanWas all the love just an illusion?Daddy's not coming homeMama's asleep and she smells of whiskeyPromise that won't be you when you're 50Fly before the guilty clip your wingsCause all your heroesAre skin and bones
Packed the small bag of things she lovesDeep inside she blames herselfShe has nowhere else to goBut that sounds better than what she knowsAnd as she steps into the darkDirty hair and heavy heartCold cold, air inside her lungsCatch a snowflake on her tongue
Poor little girl's so full of confusionCry all you want cause you're only humanWas all the love just an illusion?Daddy's not coming homeMama's asleep and she smells of whiskeyPromise that won't be you when you're 50Fly before the guilty clip your wingsCause all your heroesAre skin and bones
And as I heard you shut the doorWent to the window and I sawThe footsteps of my big sister in the snowSince then not a single day has passedWhen I don't say your name and askWhere, where did you go?
Poor little girl's so full of confusionCry all you want cause you're only humanWas all the love just an illusion?Daddy's not coming homeMama's asleep and she smells of whiskeyPromise that won't be you when you're 50Fly before the guilty clip your wingsCause all you're heroesAre skin and bones