Split his ribs open using my bare hands
But I could not repair all of the damage 
Built of milk and flesh so meek and mild but I know 
If he'd lived he'd have grown to be wild 

They broke him and they beat him 
And break he did 
They took him from me, my baby 
And break he did 

His skin went white as chalk, his limbs turned soft and limp 
I cradled him through those moments of weakness 
And watched him drift between the worlds of living and dead 
Until he sunk down into the pavement 

They broke him and they beat him 
And break he did 
They took him from me, my baby 
And break he did 
And he laid there for days 
In the cold and the wind 
But I could not breathe life back in 
I tried to fill up his lungs with the air from my own 
But he did not wake up again 
No he didn't 

Split his ribs open using my bare hands
But i could not repair all of the damage