The Promise I’ll Make

[Verse 1]
Strip me down
'til it's just my bones
We look different
But we share this home
Underneath it all
I'm a skeleton, you're a skeleton
I can only hope
I can offer you some protection

[Chorus]
I'm so sorry this world could not keep you safe
I'm sad and I'm angry
I'm looking for words but I can't explain it
It won't wash the blood from their hands
But I will love you as hard as I can
Try and make the world understand
Something needs to change
That's the promise I'll make
That's the promise I'll make
That's the promise I'll make
That's the promise I'll make

[Verse 2]
I don't know what it's like in your shoes
I can only imagine what you're going through
Underneath it all I am human
You are human
I don't understand the delusion
The confusion

[Chorus]
I'm so sorry this world could not keep you safe
I'm sad and I'm angry
I'm looking for words but I can't explain it
It won't wash the blood from their hands
But I will love you as hard as I can
Try and make the world understand something needs to change

[Bridge]
If we all start doing something
Maybe this won't happen again
If we all start doing something
Loving our strangers
Treating them like friends

[Chorus]
I'm so sorry this world could not keep you safe
I'm scared and I'm angry
Looking for words but I can't explain it
It won't wash the blood from their hands
But I will love you as hard as I can
Try and make the world understand
Something needs to change
That's the promise I'll make