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

Peacefully you are sleeping Silently you dream And I cannot help but feeling blessed While watching you Your eyes My eyes Your smile My smile Your love My gain Your hurt My pain Your laugh My joy Every time, it's mine You are my child I will always protect you Oh and I will even let you go I'll spend the sweetest time holding you And will let you grow Your eyes My eyes Your smile My smile Your love My gain Your hurt My pain Your laugh My joy Every time, it's mine You are my child Don't ever be afraid Don't ever be afraid Cause I am here And if you start to fear Just close your eyes And hear me say Your love My gain Your hurt My pain Your laugh My joy Every time, it's mine You are 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