Hero of the Day

Song Details

Written by

  • James Hetfield
  • Lars Ulrich
  • Kirk Hammett

Total Performances

First Performed Live

September 23, 1996

Most Recent Performance

Lyrics

                        Mama, they try and break me

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?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Do you feel your name?
Did you hear your babies crying?

Mama, they try and break me
Still they try and break me

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 make
For years can’t hold or feel
No, I’m not all me
So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build the wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it’s light
So can you hear your babies crying now?

Still the window burns
Time so slowly turns
And someone there is sighing
Keepers of the flames
Did you feel your names?
Did you hear your babies crying?

But now the dreams and waking screams
That ever last the night
So build a wall, behind it crawl
And hide until it’s light
So can’t you hear your babies crying now?

Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try and break me
Mama, they try
Mama, they try

© 1996 Creeping Death Music (Global Music Rights)

Live Performances

October 22, 2016

Mountain View, CA, United States

The 30th Annual Bridge School Benefit @ Shoreline Amphitheater

November 23, 1999

New York, NY, United States

S&M @ Madison Square Garden

November 19, 1999

Berlin, Germany

S&M @ Velodrom

April 22, 1999

Berkeley, CA, United States

S&M @ Berkeley Community Theatre

April 21, 1999

Berkeley, CA, United States

S&M @ Berkeley Community Theatre

August 24, 1997

Reading, England

Reading Festival @ Little John's Farm

August 23, 1997

Stuttgart, Germany

Blindman’s Ball @ Canstatter Wasen

August 22, 1997

Hasselt, Belgium

Pukkelpop @ Domein Kiewit

May 28, 1997

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Edmonton Coliseum

May 26, 1997

Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Saskatchewan Place

May 24, 1997

Vancouver, BC, Canada

General Motors Place

May 20, 1997

Seattle, WA, United States

KeyArena