Lyrics
Verse 1
Once a ring meant shelter, meant building a home,
Two backs to the wind, never standing alone,
Now a promise is paper, a target, a trap,
Signed in good faith, then torn down in fact.
You walk in a husband, you walk out a case,
Your name stripped bare in a cold legal place,
Truth don’t matter, fault don’t apply,
The gavel falls, and a life goes dry.
Chorus
Why would a man still stand at the altar today,
When the law’s already written how he’ll pay?
If the goal was to break what the vow once was,
They’ve done it clean with ink and laws,
No winners left when the judgment ends,
Just broken men and richer friends.
Verse 2
The system don’t heal, it don’t protect,
It dissects a family with polished neglect,
Turns love into leverage, kids into shields,
And calls it justice while the damage is sealed.
A man can do right, a man can stay true,
Still lose his children, his future too,
Because courts don’t serve the heart or the home,
They serve the process, the fees, the loan.
Chorus
Why would a man still stand at the altar today,
When the law’s already written how he’ll pay?
If the goal was to poison the marriage well,
They succeeded where vows once held,
No sacred ground, no fair defense,
Just silence bought with consequence.
[Solo]
Verse 3
Strong families don’t fall by chance,
They’re dismantled slow by a system’s hands,
When fathers are ghosts with court-ordered pain,
And children learn loss before learning their name.
Marriage didn’t die from lack of love,
It was buried alive by what came from above,
A courtroom replaced the kitchen table,
And lawyers ate what families were able.
Bridge
If you wanted collapse, this is how it’s done,
Turn commitment into a loaded gun,
Make men disposable, vows a lie,
And call the wreckage “modern life.
Chorus
Why would a man still stand at the altar today,
When the cost is ruin no matter the way?
If the objective was to end the fight for home,
To leave men wary, cold, alone,
Then look aroundthis is the proof,
No strong families, just suits and truth bent loose.
[Solo]
Outro
No one sings vows in a courtroom hall,
No one wins when the family falls,
What we lost wasn’t just husband or wife,
It was the backbone holding up a life,
And until justice remembers what marriage is for,
The doors stay shut, the altar ignored.
