Where You Felt Alive

You freeze on the corner

Sirens slice the quiet air

Red flashing on the brickwork

You just stand there

Caught in the glare

Tail lights fade like a dream

Breath held tight in your chest

That old itch in your fingers

Like you should be on that call

You miss the red glow in the rearview

Miss the rush when they called your name

Miss the speed

Miss the sudden stillness

When the chaos knew your face

You were the calm inside the crash

Hands that held a stranger’s fate

You miss the adrenalin rush

And how your heartbeat found its place

You still see every wound you patched

Feel every beat of a heart you restored

Every story on the TV

Feels like one you've seen before

You remember every wrong turn

Every door you ran in first

Every time you left your fear

On the pavement with the dirt

You miss the red glow in the rearview

Miss the rush when they called your name

Miss the speed

Miss the sudden stillness

When the chaos knew your face

You were the calm inside the crash

Hands that held a stranger’s fate

You miss being the one people turned to

And how your heartbeat always found its place

Now it’s quiet and it’s tidy

Bills and emails

Grocery lines

But one passing wail in the distance

And you’re back there

Crossing that line (oh)

You miss the red glow in the darkness

Miss the rush when they called your name

Miss the weight of every second

As the world leaned on you for help

You were the calm inside the crash

You were the voice inside the haze

You miss the red glow in the rearview

’Cause that’s where you felt alive