A Boy I Left Behind Lyrics

Once there was a boy with open hands and fearless eyes

Running through the summer fields beneath the boundless skies

The air was thick with innocence, a world unscarred by pain

But it all dissolved the moment that innocence was stained

The laughter turned to silence, the sun hid from my view

I searched for answers in the earth, but none of them were true

I left a boy beneath those trees, where his dreams could bloom and grow

Now I'm a man who cannot heal, carrying what I'll never show

He called to me, but I couldn't stay—I turned and closed the door

And the boy I left behind is not here anymore

There were toys upon the windowsill, untouched and gathering dust

Reminders of a simpler time before the breaking of trust

The world was not a place for him, it swallowed him whole

And what was left was hollow, a body without a soul

I see his face in every stream, reflections blur and fade

A tender voice I'll never hear, a debt I cannot pay

I left a boy beneath those trees, where his dreams could bloom and grow

Now I'm a man who cannot heal, carrying what I'll never show

He called to me, but I couldn't stay—I turned and closed the door

And the boy I left behind is not here anymore

If I could hold his tiny hand, I'd tell him he was safe

But the world I gave him wasn't kind, it was a cruel place

The colors of his crayons bled, the stories lost their glow

And the pieces of his broken heart are all I'll ever know

I left a boy beneath those trees, where his dreams could bloom and grow

Now I'm a man who cannot heal, carrying what I'll never show

He called to me, but I couldn't stay—I turned and closed the door

And the boy I left behind is not here anymore

Once there was a boy who danced beneath the stars so high

But now he lives inside my chest, where all his tears still cry

I carry him in silence through a world he'll never see

A boy I left behind, but who never let go of me.