Your child, my child Your child, my child When I got the call from you It was a shot to my heart Feeling lost and confused Am I doin' my part? They say the reasons are complex Then they change the subject As you live with the effects We move on and we forget We move on and we forget What can I say? How can I make it better for you? I wish I could lay the answers at your feet Your child, my child Your pain, my pain I wanna say I'm sure that it will never happen again My child is your child My pain is your pain I know that things will change When enough of us will say Enough, enough, enough All this fear that it brings up We bolt our doors and windows shut And it paralyzеs us And we make it about us It is and isn't about us What will it take For us to bе safe and still be free? I wish I could lay the answers at your feet Your child, my child Your pain, my pain I wanna say I'm sure that it will never happen again My child is your child My pain is your pain I know that things will change When enough of us will say Enough, enough, enough (hey, oh) Enough, enough, enough When enough of us show up When enough of us cry out When enough of us say "no" When enough of us say "enough" When more of us get mad When each of us breaks down When all of us scream loud (no) When enough of us say Enough, enough, enough (oh, yeah, oh yeah) Enough, enough, enough (will change, will change, will change) When I got the call from you It was a shot to my heart Feeling lost and confused Am I doin' my part?

Tore it up again, I couldn't stop again Let it go till there was nothing in the way Fought the feeling then, I gave in again Sweet surrender to an angel I denied When you came to life I was terrified I knew that nothing else would ever feel the same Doubt came over me, what kind of father would I be? I knew the time had come to stand up and be a man To change the face of my life, your future in mind Time to do what was right, a new beginning The world around me died when I saw that heartbeat I knew it wasn't a sin Can someone tell me why this has happened to me? Why was it only in death, were you redeemed, my child? No serenity within agony Every day brings on a hundred ways to fight Constant scrutiny, I can feel you judging me Resurrecting every demon left inside Her face was horrified, you struggled still alive My only desire was to trade my soul for yours Grief crippled me, the reaper cheated me Left me yearning for the path I'd come to adore To change the face of my life, your future in mind Time to do what was right, a new beginning The world around me died when I saw that heartbeat I knew it wasn't a sin Can someone tell me why this has happened to me? Why was it only in death, were you redeemed, my child? My child, the world around me died when I saw that heartbeat I knew it wasn't a sin Can someone tell me why this has happened to me? Why was it only in death, were you redeemed, my child? I pray, you were redeemed, my child

I know I've been away I know you've changed so much But time won't wait around for me no You've got to grow up You've got to grow up, I'll be there You will walk and you will fall I'm with you every rock and stone now You've got to get up You've got to get up, I'll be there The world can be tough But what I feel now When your fingers touch mine When our fingers touch It's sacred I've got to rise up I've got to rise up and be there My child Even when I'm far I care for you now I'm there for you now Cause you're my gift, heaven's sent You're my conscience when In the mist You're my compass, compass You know that I promise, promise Cause you're closer To heaven and up, I hold you Come and sit on my shoulders We'll walk together Come and watch the world from higher On my shoulders I know I make mistakes And I'm not always there to see You walk your first walk And that's without me I wanna say I'm sorry Know I do, do it for you I've got to go now I've got to go far But you are my heart No matter where, I'm with you And you know I'll always be there My child Even when I'm far I care for you now I'm there for you now Cause you're my gift, heaven's sent You're my conscience when In the mist You're my compass, compass You know that I promise, promise Cause you're closer To heaven and up, I hold you Come and sit on my shoulders We'll walk together Come and watch the world from higher You can play, you can run You can hide and be found All this time we are one Forever my child You can fly, you can run You can fall and rebound All this time we are one Forever my child So I'm sorry again For missing all the fun I longed to be there Hey, You know we transcend through all the years So smile at me now Oh Oh Oh I won't let you go Oh Oh Oh I'll never let you go Oh Oh Oh I won't let you go Oh Oh Oh I'll never let you go Cause you're my gift, heaven's sent You're my conscience when In the mist You're my compass, compass You know that I promise, promise Cause you're closer To heaven and up, I hold you Come and sit on my shoulders We'll walk together Come and watch the world from higher You can play, you can run You can hide and be found All this time we are one Forever my child You can fly, you can run You can fall and rebound All this time we are one Forever my child

I'm not a stranger, no, I am yours With crippled anger and tears that still drip sore A fragile frame aged, with misery And when our eyes meet, I know you see I do not wanna be afraid I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in I'm tired, of feeling so numb Relief exists, I find it when, I am cut I may seem crazy, or painfully shy And these scars wouldn't be so hidden If you would just look me in the eye I feel alone here and cold here Though I don't wanna die But the only anesthetic that makes me feel anything kills inside I do not wanna be afraid I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in I'm tired of feeling so numb Relief exists, I find it when, I am cut (hey) I am not alone I am not alone I'm not a stranger, no, I am yours With crippled anger and tears that still drip sore But I do not wanna be afraid I do not wanna die inside just to breathe in I'm tired, of feeling so numb Relief exists, I found it when, I was cut

You know it only breaks my heart To see you standing in the dark Alone waiting there for me To come back I'm too afraid to show It's comin' over you like it's comin' over me I'm crashin' like a tidal wave that drags me out to sea And I wanna be with you if you wanna be with me I'm crashin' like a tidal wave And I don't wanna be Stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded) Well, I can only take so much These tears are turning me to rust I know you're waiting there for me To come back I'm too afraid to show It's comin' over you like it's comin' over me I'm crashin' like a tidal wave that drags me out to sea And I wanna be with you if you wanna be with me I'm crashin' like a tidal wave And I don't wanna be Stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded) I miss you, I need you (stranded, stranded) Without you I'm stranded (stranded, stranded) I love you so come back (stranded, stranded) I'm not afraid to show (stranded, stranded) It's comin' over you like it's comin' over me Crashin' like a tidal wave that drags me out to sea I wanna be with you if you wanna be with me I'm crashin' like a tidal wave I don't wanna be Stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded), stranded (stranded) Oh, baby, I miss you (stranded, stranded) Oh, baby, I need you (stranded, stranded) Oh, baby, I love you (stranded, stranded) So baby, come back (stranded, stranded) Oh, baby, I miss you (stranded, stranded) Oh, baby, I need you (stranded, stranded) Oh, baby, I love you (stranded, stranded) So baby, come back (stranded, stranded) So baby, come back (stranded, stranded) So baby, come back (stranded, stranded)