When the day is done Hold me close Promises are ours to keep All the clothes will disappear So tell me how it is that a hero needs saving How he needs that support to keep his roof from caving Holding tight on that .45 as a tear drops from his eye Picturing his mom is all thats kept him alive Cause he's buried his friends, and he's buried his thoughts Suppress his demons inside until his stomach's in knots I see you on your knees so please let me give you help Pick you up, lift you up, and put you on that top shelf Trying to improve but he keeps dealing with this feeling Like he can't push up any harder his head has hit the ceiling He's seen so many hurt, and so many in trouble So who's to help him keep his world from turning to rubble Time and time again he's witnessed someone's son on the pavement Yet the evil he sees on TV he sees as entertainment Telling him to be strong through it all but these thoughts he's still braving So tell me again how a hero needs saving When the day is done Hold me close Promises are ours to keep All the clothes will disappear Give a kiss to his boy and a kiss to his girl Each day he walks away from these things and his world Expected to be the rock solid from bottom to top He's so hard on the streets but inside he feels so soft Hes dodges bullets and knives, stopped me from beating wives But boom then someone tries to take his gun, now he took a life And all you do is stare, spread rumors he don't care Replaying that moment, can't disown it with a gun to his head It ain't fair, he knew when he started he goes so far You had a long day at work, he failed at CPR His motivation's gone no more fire in his eyes Went from peaceful nights to dreams of crimes scenes and cries He never could guess his friend would take two to the chest But forget the pain he pushes back like bring on the rest As you're planning you weekend his planning out his headstone engraving So go and tell me again how a hero needs saving When the day is done Hold me close Promises are ours to keep All the clothes will disappear Who can say where the road will go as the world goes round and round Wipe away your tears baby I am home We've lost too many heroes to the war in their minds We must do something better we can't keep leaving them behind Are you picturing death or is death picturing you The struggle is real inside so let me tell you what you'll do Rise back up get back up and tell us how you feel You can't bottle it up any longer show us that its real Like a bird set free now you see how life can be so amazing Nothing feels better than saving a hero that needed saving When the day is done Hold me close Promises are ours to keep All the clothes will disappear When the day is done Hold me close Promises are ours to keep All the clothes will disappear