Hero

She was a hero
Without a quest
She spent her life trying
To pass his tests
She wanted to be worthy
She wanted to be true
Sometimes it's appalling what love
Can put us through
What love can make us do

He was a Bluebeard
With secrets to spare
He'd tell her he loved her
As he pulled her by the hair
He was not worthy
And he was not true
That poor girl deserved better
She deserved someone like you
Someone like you

I take up a gauntlet for the fallen ones
I take all these chances for those who had none
I'll finish the stories that they'd scarcely begun
I sing all my songs for her
Because he cut out her tongue

She was my mother
And she was a girl
She was a poet
Lost to the world
I might be the best thing
That she ever made
But still I can't find the time
To put flowers on her grave
And lord, I'm so ashamed

And he was my father
And he was a boy
Everything he loved
He had to destroy
He burned down the house
And he tore himself apart
He had such a sickness laying heavy on his heart
If he even had a heart

And I am a fighter
Bound to my cause
I find the helpless
And I pull them from the dragon's jaws
I am a seeker
And I am a fool
Sometimes it's amazing what love can make you do
For someone like you