[Verse 1]
Crowd in the hallway
Coffee on the floor
Somebody’s calling your name
From the waiting room door
You see him falling
Color draining fast
Every second stretching
Can you move
Can you act?
[Pre-Chorus]
Check for a breath
Check for a beat
Silence staring back at you
Knees on the concrete
[Chorus]
Start the chest compressions
Keep that rhythm tight
You can be the difference in somebody’s night
“Bring the defib now!” shout it down the hall
Place the pads
Hit the charge
Answer when they call
Shock back to life
Don’t you ever quit
Every pulse that’s found is a miracle you lit
[Verse 2]
Hands a little shaking
But you count out loud
Thirty
Two
Then back again
Talking through the crowd
Machine on the carpet
Voice telling you what to do
“Stand clear
Press the button”
He’s counting on you
[Pre-Chorus]
Heart’s in a storm
You’re in the fight
You don’t have a cape on
But you’re holding his life
[Chorus]
Start the chest compressions
Keep that rhythm tight
You can be the difference in somebody’s night
“Bring the defib now!” shout it down the hall
Place the pads
Hit the charge
Answer when they call
Shock back to life
Don’t you ever quit
Every pulse that’s found is a miracle you lit
[Bridge]
It’s not just the doctors
Heroes wear plain clothes
Learning how to help them
Means more stories grow
Today you save a stranger
Tomorrow save a friend
One strong pair of hands
Can turn an ending again
[Chorus]
Start the chest compressions
Keep that rhythm tight
You can be the difference in somebody’s night
“Bring the defib now!” shout it down the hall
Place the pads
Hit the charge
Answer when they call
Shock back to life
Let the moment prove
When a heart stands still
You can make it move