Stray Bullet ft. Poison Lilly [Blackline Audio]

They called it a stray bullet But someone brought the gun You kissed me in the kitchen With your coffee in your hand Said, “I’ll stop off at the bank, Then I’ll call you when I can” The phone rang at ten-seventeen A stranger asked my name... The cops handed me your wedding ring As the tears rolled down my face They said you weren’t the target Just standing in the way As if knowing that could change What that single bullet took away Struck by a stray bullet Never meant to bear your name A desperate man crossed your path And nothing ever would be the same You were only trying to talk him down Trying to save everyone Struck by a stray bullet But somebody brought the gun I learned his name from the evening news Memorized his face I mapped every mile from our home To the prison where he was placed I rehearsed the things I’d do to him Until the day I heard... The recording from the bank And your final living words... He cried, “My children haven’t eaten. I can’t see another way” You said, “Put the gun down. Let me help you. They still need you today” Then a door slammed, his hand shook, And one frightened finger moved You died trying to save a family From the man who murdered you Struck by a stray bullet Never meant to bear your name He can tell me why he did it But it won’t erase all the pain I saw his wife outside the courthouse Two children holding on I may never give them forgiveness But I won’t become the gun They called it a stray bullet But somebody brought the gun