My Hero

[Verse 1]
Yeah
It's been a while since I let you in, it's been hard to focus
I've been hiding from the world if you ain't seem to notice
Way too much that's going on, been going through the motions
I just buried my best friend and all I feel is broken
I feel this anger deep inside of my roots
Like why do killers roam free; why'd it have to be you?
You ever watch someone you love barely function or breathe?
Hold their hands, speak softly while inside you just scream
There's no amount of pills or therapy that's bringing you back
I try to think of happy times while I'm broken and sad
I made a promise to you, I would always be there for that
Make sure the family's safe, a roof over our heads
I never thought that I would lose you so soon, I wasn't ready
When they told me you had cancer, never thought it'd be your ending
You're immortal, you're the person who has been through it all
Told me a smile and a joke can always help with the fall
We planned a trip to go to Canada, and man, you were excited
When they say your cancer's terminal, I said that we should buy it
But you didn't have the strength, and we barely had time to blink
In two months, you went from running to barely able to eat
I watched my hero slowly fade right in front of my eyes
Last morning that I saw you, I'm forever traumatized
By the echoes of your scream, still replay in my head
Nightmares every night, I stay awake in my bed
How the fuck I'm supposed to live in a world without you?
Every saying that I have, every joke, it's all you
Every picture in my phone, videos, it's all you
Everything I fucking see just reminds me of you
Never thought you wouldn't get to see my kids someday
And I would throw away everything just for one more day
A conversation, I hope you know you live inside my heart
When everyone thought I was crazy, you believed in my art
Told everybody in the town every time that I dropped
Told every person in the line at the grocery shop
I catch myself calling your phone and the tears don't stop
Trying to live inside the present while I'm angry and lost
And so confused; you always had my back through it all
If I needed life advice, you're the one that I'd call
Now there's a void inside my chest I don't think we'll resolve
I love you Grandpa, can't believe that you're gone
I miss you so much

[Chorus]
'Cause I don't know how to live without you every single day
I'm not okay
'Cause I don't know how to stop the tears and wash away the pain
'Cause you know
You were my hero
I know you're not gone
You'll always be with me
I hope that you're fishing up in heaven
And when the waves come to shore
And the wind starts to win me
I know that you're with me
My hero's never gone

[Verse 2]

[Chorus]
'Cause I don't know how to live without you every single day
I'm not okay
'Cause I don't know how to stop the tears and wash away the pain
'Cause you know
You were my hero
I know you're not gone
You'll always be with me
I hope that you're fishing up in heaven
And when the waves come to shore
And the wind starts to win me
I know that you're with me
My hero's never gone

[Outro]