The Child She Left Behind

[Soft gutair Intro] [Verse 1:] She remembers that dark night, headlights cutting through, A choice made in the moment, and the life that it withdrew. Her hands were on the wheel, but her mind was far away, A mother's silent scream, a price too high to pay. [Chorus:] Oh, she cries in the night, a broken lullaby, A child lost forever, a tear that never dries. The wreckage of her choices, a life left behind, An endless sea of guilt, a soul she cannot find. [Soft melodic gutair] [Verse 2:] The memory of laughter, the echoes of her voice, Now silence fills the spaces, a consequence of choice. She sees her baby’s smile in the bottom of her glass, A fleeting glimpse of happiness, a past that couldn’t last. [Chorus:] Oh, she cries in the night, a broken lullaby, A child lost forever, a tear that never dries. The wreckage of her choices, a life left behind, An endless sea of guilt, a soul she cannot find. [Bridge Instrumental] [Bridge: Continued] She stumbles through the darkness, searching for a way, But every step reminds her of the price she had to pay. The sirens and the flashing lights, the cold and empty road, A nightmare that she can't escape, a burden she’s bestowed. [Chorus:] Oh, she cries in the night, a broken lullaby, A child lost forever, a tear that never dries. The wreckage of her choices, a life left behind, An endless sea of guilt, a soul she cannot find. [Outro:] In the quiet of the evening, when the world is still, She whispers to the silence, her heart forever ill. A mother's love and sorrow, forever intertwined, In the ruins of her heart, the child she left behind. [Chorus: fade out] Oh, she cries in the night, a broken lullaby, A child lost forever, a tear that never dries. The wreckage of her choices, a life left behind, An endless sea of guilt, a soul she cannot find.