Children Shouldn't Fear the Dark

“Children Shouldn’t Fear the Dark” is a powerful emotional country song about the innocence we’ve lost, the world our kids face today, and the hope we still hold onto.
Raspy vocals, heartfelt lyrics, and a cinematic soundscape create a message that cuts deep into the soul.

If this song moved you, share it with someone who needs to hear it today.
Let’s protect our children. Let’s bring back the light.

🎧 Written for listeners who still believe in love, family, and truth.

Lyrics:

We used to chase the fireflies
barefoot on the summer road,
Mama yelling from the front porch,
“Come home ‘fore the night gets cold.”
Life felt small, but it was warm,
didn’t know how good it was…
Now I watch the evening news
and wonder what we’ve all become.

Kids with heavy backpacks,
hearts already worn and tired,
Growing up too fast
in a world set on fire.
And I whisper to the sky
’cause it’s breaking me apart…

Lord, how’d we end up here?
Why did childhood lose its spark?
When did laughter fade away
and fear start hiding in the dark?

Children shouldn’t fear the dark,
shouldn’t carry grown-man scars.
Don’t you see what’s fallin’ apart?
We forgot how precious they truly are.
God, protect their little hearts,
keep ’em safe when life gets hard.
They deserve to dream beneath the stars…
Children shouldn’t fear the dark.

I’ve seen a boy down by the tracks
crying where the rails bend west,
Said “Daddy never came back home,
Mama’s doin’ all her best.”
He’s only ten but talks like me,
as if he’s lived a thousand years…
No child should know the taste
of grown-up grief and quiet tears.

And the girl next door stays silent,
hides her bruises with her sleeves,
Prays at night for something better
while her world shakes at its knees.

Lord, somewhere we lost the map,
lost the way to guard the youth.
But if our songs can start a spark
maybe light will lead to truth.

Children shouldn’t fear the dark,
shouldn’t carry grown-man scars.
Don’t you see what’s fallin’ apart?
We forgot how precious they truly are.
God, protect their little hearts,
keep ’em safe when life gets hard.
They deserve to dream beneath the stars…
Children shouldn’t fear the dark.

Let the grown folks fight their battles,
let the little ones be free.
Let their hands hold painted crayons,
not tomorrow’s misery.

Give ’em fields to run forever,
not a world that makes them hide.
Give their innocence a refuge,
give ’em love they can’t deny.

Children shouldn’t fear the dark,
shouldn’t carry grown-man scars.
We can heal what’s fallin’ apart
if we guard their precious hearts.
God, please hold their shaking hands,
Help us learn, help us stand…
They deserve a world that’s soft, not hard…
Children shouldn’t fear the dark.

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