[Verse 1]
I signed the forms with a shaking hand
Thought love could live in a broken plan
She smiled real sweet for the face she wore
Then locked my kids behind a closing door
She studied my faults like a map, like a game
Turned every goodbye into my name
Now the house got quiet in a cruel new way
Two small rooms and a debt I pay
[Pre-Chorus]
She told them stories with a velvet tongue
Made my goodnight seem unsung
Took my voice and bent it thin
Now I call and call, can't get back in
[Chorus]
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
She took my whole sky, now I live in the cracks
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
I was their first home, now I'm burning these tracks
[Verse 2]
She changed the rules when the cameras blinked
Every truth I had got twisted, shrunk
Paper trails and smiles in a courtroom light
I watched my boy hold fear real tight
My daughter asked why I don't come around
Like love was a game she could figure out
I kept my head up, I kept my word
While her pretty lies got loud and heard
[Pre-Chorus]
She made the truth wear a stranger's face
Turned my patience into a case
But every lie leaves a bruise in time
And mine still speak, and mine still climb
[Chorus]
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
She took my whole sky, now I live in the cracks
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
I was their first home, now I'm burning these tracks
[Bridge]
If they hear me through the noise tonight
Know I never left, I never quit the fight
I saved your drawings, I saved your name
I saved my heart through the smoke and shame
[Chorus]
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
She took my whole sky, now I live in the cracks
Bring my children back
Bring my children back
I was their first home, now I'm burning these tracks