Lyrics by Billy (Blaze) Ryan

A CHILD IS LIFE © 2026 William (Billy) Ryan — ASCAP

(Verse one)

Silence is death and we all fear from it, can’t you see what’s right don’t you close your eyes and let it slip time and time again
Can’t you see their lives burning in misery? Can’t you see their crying not just for empathy
A desert land with children in despair, can you see them? They really need us.

(Chorus one)

(Cry)
Cry for the children
(Cry)
For what they fear inside
(Cry)
Cry for their future
(Cry)
And live through their shattered eyes


(Verse two)

Violence is hate and we all feed from it can’t you see what’s right don’t you close your eyes and let it hit time and time again
I can see their life fade in misery
The only crime they’re not you or me a desert land with children in despair can you see them? They’re trying to reach us

(Chorus two)

Cry)
Cry for the children
(Cry)
For what they fear inside
(Cry)
Cry for their future
(Cry)
And look in their shattered eyes

(Outro)

Can you see their lonely eyes?
Why’s the question in their minds
Children forced to be denied
Our silence is their genocide

You see what you wanna see
You close your eyes to their misery
Your cross and your imagery is feeding fire to this travesty

You see what you wanna see
You close your eyes to their misery
Your cross and your imagery is feeding fire to this travesty

A child
A child
A child
A child
Is life