There's a house on the corner, lives a man who went to war
   And it tries to give him shelter from the pain of what he saw
   There's a child out the window painting faces in the snow
   And they smile a sad reminder of a life he used to know
  
   There's a house on the corner, lives a man with empty eyes
   For his heart has been broken for he was sold a pack of lies
  
   Hold me closer (you know I can't)
   Hold me closer (but you don't understand)
   Hold me closer, open your heart
   Hold me closer (I'm so alone)
   Hold me closer (Oh you'll never know)
   Hold me closer, open your heart
  
   For he fought for his country, now he fights to clear his name
   For the dead are always heroes and the living live in shame
  
   And he said
   Hold me closer (you know I can't)
   Hold me closer (but you don't understand)
   Hold me closer, open your heart
   Hold me closer (I'm so alone)
   Hold me closer (Oh you'll never know)
   Hold me closer, open your heart