Hero

Well, I'd had a rough day and my head was a shed My boss stole my promotion, gave it some wasp instead I just wanted some notice, wanted someone to say In the nick of time, you saved all your sweethearts that day And it burns (It burns, it burns, it burns) Well, I set the place alight and headed straight for the canal I somehow burned my hands, while adding spikes to my shebang I heard the engines wailing and my mistakes through dawn I shoulda been back home to keep my sweethearts from harm And it burns (It burns, it burns, it burns) My good Christ, how it burns Well, it burns, it burns, it burns, so get the iodine, please I'm begging God to take me from this horror movie scene It burns, it burns, it burns, so get the iodine, please I'm begging God to take me from this horror movie, horror movie scene Burning through the night until ash was all that remained I heard the screams, the cries, the howls, and all the in-between The face upon the brigadiers, who attended the scene We have not once answered the call to such a traumatising scene You know, it burns (It burns, it burns, it burns) My good Christ, how it burns Well, they read my rights to me before they sent me to my cell If they only knew what I had planned that night to go so well Wanted to be a hero and that feeling's never gone I killed my wife, I love her, our sweet daughter and our son And it burns (It burns, it burns, it burns) My good Christ, how it burns Well, it burns, it burns, it burns, so get the iodine, please I'm begging God to take me from this horror movie scene It burns, it burns, it burns, so get the iodine, please I'm begging God to take me from this horror movie, horror movie scene Wanted to be a hero Wanted to be a hero Wanted to be a hero and that feeling's never gone I killed my wife, I love her, our sweet daughter and our son You know it burns