Bring The Children Home This Christmas (Original Music Video)

Dedicated to over 250 children abducted by Islamist militants from a Catholic boarding school in Nigeria.

UPDATE: The terrorists stormed the school on Nov. 21, 2025 at about 9:30 a.m., taking 303 students and 12 teachers. Fifty hostages escaped within hours, leaving 265 in captivity. With 100 now freed, as of December 8, 165 remain missing.

Verse 1
In the season of our waiting,
When the candles softly glow,
There are children in the darkness,
Far from all the homes they know.
Little voices once were singing,
Now lie silent in the night—
And the world keeps on its turning,
While they’re hidden out of sight.

Pre-Chorus
But Advent is a promise
That the captives will be free;
That the Light breaks through the shadows,
Even where we cannot see.

Chorus
Bring the children home this Christmas,
Let the broken hearts be healed.
Send Your angels to surround them,
Let the hidden truth be revealed.
While the world sings “Joy to the World,”
There are mothers still alone—
Let this be the year of mercy;
God, bring the children home.

Verse 2
Two hundred fifty stolen futures,
Names the world may never hear;
Yet in heaven they are written—
Every heartbeat, every fear.
From the villages of Nigeria
To the churches far away,
We remember them in vigil,
We refuse to look away.

Pre-Chorus
So we lift our cry for justice;
Let the iron chains fall apart.
Let Emmanuel draw nearer
To each grieving, shattered heart.

Chorus
Bring the children home this Christmas,
Let the captives see the dawn.
Let the night of fear be shattered,
Let Your promise carry on.
While the world sings “Peace on Earth,”
Let Your mercy overflow—
Let this be the year of freedom;
O Lord, bring the children home.

Bridge
Let the mountains bow before You,
Let the deserts tell Your praise.
Send Your angels on before them,
Shine a lantern on their ways.
Bless the mothers still in waiting
With Your presence in their pain—
For the God who frees the prisoners
Is still breaking chains again.

Final Chorus
Bring the children home this Christmas,
Every daughter, every son.
Hear the cries of all the missing;
Let them live when night is done.
As we wait in holy longing,
Let Your mercy now be shown—
Advent hope is still among us;
Lord, bring the children home.

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CHORDS

Intro:
Eb / Cm7 / Ab / Eb / Ebsus4 /

Verse:
Eb / Cm7 / Ab / Ebsus4 /
Eb / Cm7 / Abmaj7 / Ebsus4 /

Pre-Chorus:
Abadd9 / Eb /
Fm / Abmaj7 / Ebsus4 /

Chorus:
Eb / Ab / Bb / Eb /
Eb / Ab / Cm /
Ab / Bb / Eb /