Behind the Label

[Verse 1] voices in the hallway, questions in the dark lost in the shadows of a loved one’s mark scars on the heart where the grief runs deep wake up to a world that forgot to weep [Pre-Chorus] don’t call them junkies, hear the ache inside they’re people with a history they try to hide [Chorus] why do we turn away when the pain starts to show? behind every overdose there’s a story we should know hold a little mercy, let the truth be our guide we’re all someone’s child, we’re the same inside [Verse 2] families torn, sisters, brothers, and care trying to pull the pieces from the cold, cut air not villains, just humans, wrestling through the night carrying a burden that dims the brightest light [Pre-Chorus] don’t judge by the surface, look closer to the core there’s more to a life than the label we store [Chorus] why do we turn away when the pain starts to show? behind every overdose there’s a story we should know hold a little mercy, let the truth be our guide we’re all someone’s child, we’re the same inside [Bridge] if the world could listen, hear what hearts decree not a statistic, but a family, a plea mend what’s broken with patient hands and time love is the answer we keep alive [Chorus] why do we turn away when the pain starts to show? behind every overdose there’s a story we should know hold a little mercy, let the truth be our guide we’re all someone’s child, we’re the same inside [Outro] may we see the people, not the fall they wore may we lift them up and love them, more and more