[Verse 1]
Boots by the door
Coffee gone cold on the counter
Scanner hums low
Name on a patch
Not a banner
Sirens cut through
Midnight
Morning
Doesn’t matter
Family in frames
They kiss the glass
Then the ladder
[Chorus]
Here’s to the ones who hold the line
Running in while we’re running blind
Smoke and steel and shattered sky
They don’t ask who
They don’t ask why
Here’s to the hearts that never hide
Fire
Flood
Or the frontlines
If you’re standing in the dark of night
They’re the reason that the dawn arrives
[Verse 2]
Blue on the street
Writing reports in the rain
Talking down rage
Carrying strangers’ pain
Camouflage sleeves
Dust in their teeth
Always ready
Gloves on the gurney
Hands that stay calm and steady
[Chorus]
Here’s to the ones who hold the line
Running in while we’re running blind
Smoke and steel and shattered sky
They don’t ask who
They don’t ask why
Here’s to the hearts that never hide
Fire
Flood
Or the frontlines
If you’re standing in the dark of night
They’re the reason that the dawn arrives
[Bridge]
They’ve seen things they never say (oh)
Folded flags and empty chairs
But they still lace up each day
Swearing one more oath out there
We sleep easy
Unaware
Of every quiet
Answered prayer
[Chorus]
Here’s to the ones who hold the line
Running in while we’re running blind
Smoke and steel and shattered sky
They don’t ask who
They don’t ask why
Here’s to the hearts that never hide
Fire
Flood
Or the frontlines
If you’re standing in the dark of night
They’re the reason that the dawn arrives
They’re the reason that the dawn arrives (hey!)
They’re the reason that the dawn arrives