Lost Child

This song deals with emotional pain, loneliness and the struggle to keep going. If these themes are difficult for you, please take care of yourself and reach out to someone you trust. I've been looking... For someone I used to know. Not in the mirror... Not in the crowd... Somewhere... I lost a child. Come home... Come home... [Verse 1] There was a boy Who laughed without fear Built little kingdoms Where the sky was clear He trusted hearts He believed every word Until the silence Became all he heard He learned too young How to carry the pain Trading childhood For surviving each day Somewhere along the road... He disappeared. Everybody said, "Be strong." Nobody asked Why a child Had to become a man. Have you seen my lost child? I think he still remembers How to smile. I traded all his dreams For shoulders built to survive. I've been living... But he never got to live. Come back... I'm still searching... For the child I left behind. [Verse 2] I learned to hide What I couldn't explain. Every broken promise. Every growing pain. The little hands That reached for help Slowly learned To hold themselves. Every "You'll be fine" Built another wall Until I couldn't hear His voice at all. Still... Sometimes I swear He's calling my name. Every scar Still knows the way To the little soul That never got The chance to stay. Have you seen my lost child? I think he still remembers How to smile. I traded all his dreams For shoulders built to survive. I've been breathing... But he never got to live. Come back... I'm still searching... For the child I left behind. I feel him hiding... I don't know where. I hear him breathing, But he's nowhere. I feel his heartbeat Somewhere beneath my own. Like a voice I've known forever... Calling me back home. Was I the one who locked the door? Or did the world decide? I've spent my whole life looking... For the child still trapped inside. Come home... Come home... If you're still there... I'm coming home. Come home... Come home... Have you seen my lost child? (He's still waiting...) I think he still remembers How to smile. (Remembers...) I traded all his dreams For shoulders built to survive. (Carrying the weight...) I've been living... But he never got to live. Come back... I won't leave you There again. Have you seen... My lost child? I thought... You were gone. But you've been waiting... For me... To find my way... Back home. Come home... Little one... I'm here.