Teach Them to Question

Verse 1

We teach them early how the living world creates

The simple truths of nature, body, time, and place

But the messages keep shifting faster than we can explain

And what once stayed in adult rooms now finds another way

Pre-Chorus

Parental locks and filters only go so far

When the boundaries keep moving under where we are

We want them safe, we want them free to grow

Without the weight of things they do not need to know

Chorus

Teach them how to question what they're shown

Help them feel the difference in their bones

When something feels unsettled, wrong, or out of place

Give them language for the feeling they can trust

We can't lock the whole world out forever

But we can walk beside them while they're young

So when mistakes are made they still can come

Without the shame that makes them run

Verse 2

They hear that self-respect is something they should hold

Then feel the pressure saying they are not enough

The mixed signals leave them trying to decide

What is true and what is only noise outside

Pre-Chorus

We remember roads we walked that led us wrong

And hope to spare them some of what we carried long

Yet still we leave the door wide open in the night

So they can bring their questions into light

Chorus

Teach them how to question what they're shown

Help them feel the difference in their bones

When something feels unsettled, wrong, or out of place

Give them language for the feeling they can trust

We can't lock the whole world out forever

But we can walk beside them while they're young

So when mistakes are made they still can come

Without the shame that makes them run

Guitar Solo

Bridge

A happy family once felt simple to the eye

Now even ordinary care can be misunderstood

We teach them to stay open, yet stay wise

To sense the atmosphere when entering a room

And know they have the right to step away

Final Chorus

Teach them how to question what they're shown

Help them feel the difference in their bones

When something feels unsettled, wrong, or out of place

Give them language for the feeling they can trust

We can't lock the whole world out forever

But we can walk beside them while they're young

So when mistakes are made they still can come

Without the shame that makes them run

Without the shame