[Verse 1 – Female Voice (cold, detached)]
Don’t twist it—this is on you.
You broke the home, I just told the truth.
The court saw the scars,
The judge read the files,
You call it erasing—
I call it survival.
[Verse 1 – Male Voice (shaking, crying, traumatized)]
No—
I never left, you pushed me out.
You built a courtroom in the kitchen,
Every breath I took was evidence.
You even lied to the police,
Said I had a weapon just to get an AVO,
Dragged me out of my own fucking house.
When they came, guns drawn, pointing at me,
I saw my life go by—
I wasn’t running,
I was locked out of my own life.
And now my child sits by the window…
Waiting for a knock that never comes.
[Pre-Chorus – Both]
(She) You say love.
(He) You mean control.
(She) You say father.
(He) You mean ghost.
Together:
But the child doesn’t care who was right—
They just feel the hole.
[Chorus – Male Voice (broken, crying)]
The child doesn’t care who was right,
They just cry at night—
‘Cause Dad is missing.
Mom changed the locks,
The judge boxed me out,
Love turned to supervised visits.
Yeah, the child doesn’t care who was right,
They just know Dad’s gone—
And I’m fucking dying inside.
[Verse 2 – Female Voice (defensive, sharp)]
You call it punishment,
I call it safety.
You call it manipulation,
I call it protecting.
You were too hard, too loud, too much—
So don’t act like I’m the villain
For guarding what’s mine.
[Verse 2 – Male Voice (pleading, trembling)]
Guarding? No—
You poisoned their ears, deleted my face,
Turned my name into a curse.
You post smiles while I pay fees,
And our child?
They carry your silence like a fucking coffin.
[Bridge – Female Voice (icy)]
Most men leave,
You’re not the first.
Deadbeats deserve the dirt they earn.
[Bridge – Male Voice (exploding, sobbing)]
NO!
Most men don’t abandon—
We get erased.
I didn’t walk ‘cause I didn’t care—
I was buried alive in paperwork and pain!
I was a father,
You turned me into a stranger.
And our child bleeds for it.
[Chorus – Both (clashing)]
(He, crying) The child doesn’t care who was right—
They just cry at night…
‘Cause Dad is missing.
(She, bitter) He broke the home,
He made the mess,
Now he wears the consequence.
Together (angry & broken):
But the child doesn’t care who was right—
They just know Dad’s gone,
And the silence is killing them.
[Outro – Male Voice (spoken, crying through broken breaths)]
Stop lying to them.
They’ll grow up and see the truth.
Stop calling me a deadbeat
When this culture beats men dead inside.
And to every father thinking of leaving—don’t.
Even if she makes it hell,
Even if the court steals your soul,
Even if your child forgets your voice.
‘Cause when a father leaves—
He doesn’t leave alone.
He takes the structure with him,
And leaves a wound therapy can’t stitch.
(Becomes a whisper)
So I stay…
Not ‘cause it’s easy…
But ‘cause if I go—
Everybody bleeds.
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