[Intro]
Monitors hum
White tiles glow
Smell of metal
Cold air
Slow
[Verse 1]
Another night shift
Hands inside a stranger’s chest
Scrubbed in
Shaking
Coffee
Prayers
And second guesses
Your wristband on my thumb
I whisper facts like lullabies
Code blue over speakers
I hate how calm my voice replies
[Chorus]
I’m holding on to you while you’re letting go of me
Counting to three while you slide into the deep
All of these ghosts in fluorescent hallways breathe
You close your eyes
And I can’t leave
After the beeping stops
You stay with me
[Verse 2]
Plastic curtains
Hide the way your family breaks
I chart the moment
Turn your life into a date
Red on my sneakers
I taste salt in every breath
I rinse my gloves in silence
Make small talk with your death
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[operatic vocal
Soaring]
If there’s a room past this room
If there’s a light past this light
Take this last breath from my lungs
Carry it into your night
[screamed vocals]
Why you
Why now
Why your name on my gown
Every loss
Every sound
It all comes back
It all comes—
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Lights dim low
Bed lies flat
Tag on your toe
I sign my name
Clock out
Walk past
But you walk out with me
In every echoing step
After the beeping stops
You never really left