[Intro]
Sirens outside
Blue and red on the wall
Cartoons still on the TV
Kid’s room too small (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Walk past the swing set
Chains rust, seats cracked
Every kid got a secret
Every smile got impact
Teacher look the other way
Phone screen glowing
Twelve years old, in the bathroom stall
Scars where the sleeves keep going
Uncle at dinner
Laugh too long, wrong hand
Mom say “hug him, he’s family”
Kid freeze, can’t stand
Whole world yelling “grow up fast”
While they tearing your childhood down
You just wanted to draw in class
Now you paranoid in your own hometown
[Chorus]
This world ain’t safe for children
Monsters live in plain sight
Doors locked but hearts stay open
And that’s how they creep at night
Little hands shake, they’re breaking
Holding all that pain inside
This world ain’t safe for children
And we just call it “life” (why?)
[Verse 2]
News feed talk in numbers
They count kids like clicks
Name flash once on the bottom
Then gone in the scroll so quick
Counselor say “we’re listening”
But they clock out at four
Meanwhile there’s a kid on the rooftop ledge
Writing “sorry” on the dorm room door
Church clothes, school bus
Same fear, new place
Trust don’t mean protection
It just means they know your face
They tell you “speak up, be brave”
Then blame you when you speak
World built by broken adults
And they call children weak (that’s sick)
[Chorus]
This world ain’t safe for children
Monsters live in plain sight
Doors locked but hearts stay open
And that’s how they creep at night
Little hands shake, they’re breaking
Holding all that pain inside
This world ain’t safe for children
And we just call it “life”
[Bridge]
Who protects the soft ones?
The shy ones, the small
Who believe what you tell ’em
Till you ruin it all
If you hear them crying
Don’t turn up the show
If a kid say “something’s wrong”
You believe them, bro (real talk)
[Chorus]
This world ain’t safe for children
Monsters live in plain sight
Doors locked but hearts stay open
And that’s how they creep at night
Little hands shake, they’re breaking
Holding all that pain inside
This world ain’t safe for children
We either fight
Or watch them hide