Hero In Our House

There was a hero in my house, I really miss her
That's her on the porch, right there holding my sister
Used to wake me up for school, help put on my clothes
Lunch in the fridge, wrapped and foiled to stay cold

And then she walked out, the hero in my house
Now my heart is locked in a caged
Thrown into the river, I can't help this rage
Sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now
Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house

Yeah, we're all a little numb, that's not the intention
Things that we saw, just hurt too much to mention
I hurt for the pain, hurt and I'm grieving
Oddest thing is, there's just no getting even

Her body took her out, the hero in our house
Now this heart is locked in a cage
Thrown into the river, Yeah, I can't help this rage
Sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now
Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house

Some things you can't forget, some folks, you don't either
Can try to outrun pain, you stop and feel the fever
I need to get drunk, feeling so crazy
I need to get work done, but then I just get lazy

If she could see me now, the hero in our house
It really gets me down, it really bums me out
Now this heart is locked in a cage
Thrown into the river, yeah, I can't help this rage
And sometimes I wonder what she's doing up there now
Do they see her like we do? The hero in our house

There was a hero in our house, sent down from heaven
Then she went back, for the age of sixty-seven
But she told us all goodbye, told us she was proud
And that's how she went out, the hero in our house