[Intro – radio chatter, hushed]
“Unit Seven en route… SVT… conscious, breathing.”
Night smells like wet asphalt and coffee steam.
I look up—Bronx stars behind streetlight halos—
Say a prayer for the beat and the unknown.
[Verse 1]
Moonlight on the rig like a silver badge,
City hum slow, but the tones say “dash.”
You text “You there?” and I don’t have breath,
’Cause the map just blinked and the clock turned red.
Front steps, porch lamp, family in the door,
Hands shaking hope on a tile floor.
Radial weak, that rhythm’s in a race,
190 on the monitor, fear on every face.
18 in the AC, saline kiss,
Pads on the chest like a midnight wish.
I’m floating in a snow globe of blinking blues,
Stars in the puddles, sky in my shoes.
We move like a choir with a careful hymn,
You in my head, but I’m here with them.
[Pre-Chorus]
Count it down—six beats to brave,
Hold your breath while the angels wave.
If the universe pauses, we’ll light that wave,
Adenosine & heartbreak in the night we save.
[Chorus]
In the dark we turn the chaos into quiet constellations,
Every beep a little planet in its patient rotation.
When the world stops for a second and the silence misbehaves,
We find a pulse between the stars—
Adenosine & heartbreak,
We guide the night between the blood pressures and graves.
[Verse 2]
Vagal didn’t land, so we call the play,
“Rapid push, clear line,” hands don’t shake.
6 milligrams like a comet through a vein,
Flush chases after like a meteor rain.
There’s a hush—brief canyon where the echoes hide,
Asystole whisper, then the river finds its tide.
Green peaks slow dance back to ordinary time,
Normal sinus like a lighthouse rhyme.
Grandma’s tears shine, I tuck that blanket tight,
You call again, but I’m stitched into the night.
Streetlights drip down the windshield’s curve,
I’m a map of promises I can’t preserve.
I said we’d meet at sunrise by the ferry’s rail,
But sunrise keeps clocking in where sirens wail.
[Pre-Chorus]
Count it down—twelve steps to faith,
Hold the door while the dawn runs late.
If the universe blinks, we’ll ride that wave,
Adenosine & heartbreak in the hearts we save.
[Chorus]
In the dark we turn the chaos into quiet constellations,
Every beep a little planet in its patient rotation.
When the world stops for a second and the silence misbehaves,
We find a pulse between the stars—
Adenosine & heartbreak,
We guide the night between the blood pressures and graves.
[Post-Chorus – airy ad-libs]
Ooh—808s like thunder under moonlit veins,
Ooh—the city prays in whispers through the windowpanes,
Ooh—if love is late, I’ll still wait in the bay,
With my hands steady, eyes sky-made.
[Verse 3]
Third call’s quiet—just a hand to hold,
A story about a wedding ring and winter cold.
I tape the IV like a promise kept,
You live in the voicemail I haven’t sent.
Clipboard rain-specked, ink like stars,
I write our names as asterisms on the bars.
I’m married to the minutes no one sees,
To the midnight mercy and the sterile breeze.
You wanted candlelight;
