[Verse 1] You were the giant in my doorway, the voice that made me strong, The man I tried to walk like, talk like, all my life long. I’d sit beside your chair just hopin’ you’d look my way, But the TV stole your eyes from me almost every day. I learned to hate that screen for takin’ time I never got, And I still don’t own one now — that habit never forgot. [Chorus] ’Cause you were my hero, the one I lived with, My rock, my refuge, every hope I could lift. They say don’t meet your heroes, but I met mine every day, And now the silence between us is more than I can say. Yeah, my heart still hurts for the hero I lived with. [Verse 2] I followed every footstep, tried to be the man you were, Every lesson that you taught me still echoes like a stir. You were strength without the braggin’, pride without the show, The kind of father other boys would never get to know. But somewhere down the line, life pulled us far apart, And now I carry all this distance heavy in my heart. [Chorus] ’Cause you were my hero, the one I lived with, My rock, my refuge, every hope I could lift. They say don’t meet your heroes, but I met mine every day, And now the silence between us is more than I can say. Yeah, my heart still hurts for the hero I lived with. [Bridge] Maybe pride built up a wall, maybe time just closed a door, Maybe words we never said are what we’re payin’ for. But if you ever called my name, I’d answer without pause — ’Cause heroes don’t stop bein’ heroes just because. [Final Chorus] You were my hero, the one I lived with, My rock, my refuge, every hope I could lift. They say don’t meet your heroes, but I met mine every day, And I miss you more than any outlaw song could ever say. Yeah… my heart still hurts for the hero I lived with.
