There has to be a kinder way

Verse 1

I was six years old with a paper suitcase

My mom’s hand, my father’s faith

Argentina burning in the rearview light

Promises whispered on a red-eye flight

Pre-Chorus

We didn’t leave for fortune, glory, or gold.

We felt our beautiful country losing its soul.

Politics rising, their future unclear

Brought us to America regardless of fear

You don’t leave your country just for fun

You leave when you fear what it’s becoming.

Chorus

If you could feel what they carry inside

You would see yourself in every terrified eye

You wouldn’t turn away, you wouldn’t hide

When you strip a name down to a label or crime

You don’t just lose them, you lose your kind

There has to be a kinder way

There has to be a human way

Verse 2

My parents worked till their hands were worn

They loved this land like they were born

Stars and stripes hanging by their bed

Proud of the life their courage led

They gave up everything they knew

So their kids could choose what their hearts would lead them to.

They loved this country, every scar

Believed in what we still could be, not what we are

Pre-Chorus 2

Now I watch the same old fear repeat

Different faces, same defeat

Chorus

If you could feel what they carry inside

You would see yourself in every terrified eye

When you turn a family into a threat

You teach your heart how to forget

There has to be a kinder way

There has to be a human way

Bridge

History whispers if you dare to listen

Every atrocity starts with division

First they’re “other,” then they’re less than real

Then no one stays long enough to feel

It’s easy to hate when you don’t know a name

Easy to cheer when someone else feels the pain

Chorus (Soft → Build)

If you could feel what they carry inside

You’d see your own face in their eyes

When we dehumanize, we all decay

We all lose something along the way

There has to be a kinder way

There has to be a human way

Outro

I hear my father’s ghost in the quiet night

Still believing we’d get it right

America was not built for walls

It was built for open hearts through it all

There has to be a kinder way

Please, there has to be a human way.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​