So you decide to go
Leave everything you know
To look for a better day
Leave with your wife and kids
Start travelling to the sea
To make it to safety
While our ministers debate
On how to close the gates
You help your family on that boat
And as meetings are adjourned
Your boat is overturned
In the cold and dark you let them go
You let them go
I'm sorry
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for you
I'll say it for everyone
Who's hurting too,
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for every father
That feels this way too
I'm sorry
I say you on the news
I had to explain my son
Why this is happening
He said we have an extra bed
And most of my friends do too
Why don't we invite them in?
Wise words from an 8 year old
So simple and so bold,
That's how we all raised I hope
Still our ministers debate,
Closing down the gates
We let go of humanity
I'm sorry
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for you
I'll say it for everyone who's hurting too
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for every father that feels this way too
I'm sorry
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for you
I'll say it for presidents
And politicians too
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for you
I'll say it for everything,
Who's hurting too
I'll say it for me
I'll say it for you
I'll say it for everything,
Who's hurting too
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
I'm sorry