"Hero" lyrics

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