When the Children Come Home - Stripes
“When the Children Come Home” White Stripes themed rhythm and vocals
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Lyrics
[Intro – Soft Rhodes Piano / Upright Bass / Female Vocal]
Late nights by the window,
Rain tapping on the glass,
A father keeps on praying
For the years that slowly pass.
[Male Vocal – Quiet]
Two sons and a daughter,
Three hearts caught in the storm,
Raised inside the crossfire
Of a house that lost its warmth.
[Female Vocal]
And somewhere in the silence,
God keeps writing what is known.
Truth may take the long road,
But the children will come home.
[Verse 1 – Male Lead]
He used to hear their footsteps
Running through the hall,
Now every conversation
Feels like walking through a wall.
Their mother fed them anger,
Dressed it up like care,
Turned their hearts against him
Like he was never there.
She painted him the villain,
Made his love look wrong,
Taught them how to disrespect
The man who stayed so strong.
But he never cursed their names,
Never wished them pain,
He just whispered, “Lord, protect them
Till they understand one day.”
[Pre-Chorus – Female Lead]
Because children only know
What they are told when they are young,
And poison sounds like truth
When it comes from someone loved.
But time has a way
Of pulling curtains from the lies,
And when they face their own storms,
They’ll see him with new eyes.
[Chorus – Full Duet]
When the children come home,
Let the door still be open.
Let the porch light burn,
Let the hard words stay unspoken.
When the children come home,
After years of being misled,
Let them find the father
Their mother tried to bury in their heads.
God will reveal the truth in time,
Every wound, every wrong, every stone.
He keeps praying through the pain,
Waiting for the children to come home.
[Verse 2 – Female Lead / R&B]
The oldest son got colder,
Trying hard to be grown,
Talking like a judge
With a heart that wasn’t his own.
The younger son stayed angry,
Didn’t know what to believe,
Carrying another person’s bitterness
Rolled up in his sleeve.
The daughter watched in silence,
Trying to read both sides,
But a mother’s bitter version
Kept fogging up her eyes.
And dad stood in the distance,
Hurt but still forgiving,
Knowing healing takes a lifetime
When the children were taught division.
[Verse 3 – Male Lead / Smooth Rap-Sung]
He lost more than a marriage,
More than rooms inside a home,
He lost birthdays, missed calls,
And dinners spent alone.
He lost the simple honor
Of being called their dad,
Not because he walked away,
But because the truth was dragged.
Courtrooms closed the papers,
But pain don’t close that fast,
Some wounds keep on bleeding
Long after judgment passed.
Still he keeps his hands clean,
Won’t fight hate with hate,
He knows God sees the record
Even when the world runs late.
[Pre-Chorus 2 – Duet]
Female:
One day they’ll have bills,
Broken hearts, and sleepless nights.
Male:
One day they’ll learn love
Ain’t always black and white.
Female:
One day they’ll remember
How he stood through all the blame.
Male:
And realize he carried crosses
They never saw by name.
Together:
When life starts teaching l
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