[Chorus 1]
Mama, they try and break me

[Verse 1]
The window burns to light the way back home
A light that warms, no matter where they've gone
They're off to find the hero of the day
But what if they should fall by someone's wicked way, yeah?
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of those flames
Can't you feel your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying, yeah?

[Chorus 1]
Oh, they try and break me
Still they try and break me, yeah

[Verse 2]
Excuse me while I tend to how I feel
These things return to me that still seem real
Now deservingly, this easy chair
But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair
Don't want your aid
But the fist I've made
For years won't hold or feel
No, I'm not all me
So please excuse me
While I tend to how I feel, ah
[Chorus 2]
But now the dreams and waking screams
That never last the night
So build the wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
Can't you hear your babies crying now?
I can't hear you

[Verse 3]
Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of those flames
Can't you feel your names?
Can't you hear your babies crying?

[Chorus 2]
But now the dreams and waking screams
That never last the night
So build the wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it's light
Can't you hear your babies crying now?

[Chorus 1]
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try
Mama, they try
Hey
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try
Mama, they try, yeah
Mama