All These Kids I Never Knew - Jesse Marchant

When the shots rang out

All I heard was rain on my windowsill

In the passing days

Before the blood dried

There was all this will

You can share a picture

And show how much you care

To be shot in the back

While you are running away

To be fat and scared

Saddest man running

I have ever seen

Who’s gonna stand a chance

I wouldn’t have, no one ever would

When your fate lies in the hands

Of a black heart hanging inside

To be so proud in your hateful form

Big grown man, small as an ant

It’s a long ride home

This year from the pride parade

And the streetlights shine

Onto soft skin and young lovers' wills

Who you gonna tell who to love

When everyone’s just trying

To feel alright

Since I was a kid I have fought

A darkness I would never shake

When there is so little left to feel

But from the touch

Of the one you trust

It is a long life

To be handled like old shoes

And they are all these kids

All these kids I never knew