[Verse 1]
Sheets stiff with fear
You were wires and warning tones
Blue lips
Blank stare
I screamed at every god I know
“Don’t you take him”
My hands on your freezing skin
They said
“Let go”
I swore
“I will drag you back again” (back again)
[Chorus]
I won’t let you die here
You’re more than a heartbeat on a screen
More than these red lines on the monitor
You’re the fire that’s burning inside of me
When your world went dark
Love
I stood in the doorway
Teeth and claws
I won’t let you die here
Over my body
Over my blood
[Verse 2]
Chest crushed
Three times
You slipped through the sliding doors
White coats
Flat line
I howled from the waiting floor
You saw nothing
I saw every second crawl
“You’re still mine”
I carved it in the sterile walls (hey!)
[Chorus]
I won’t let you die here
You’re more than a heartbeat on a screen
More than these red lines on the monitor
You’re the fire that’s burning inside of me
When your world went dark
Love
I stood in the doorway
Teeth and claws
I won’t let you die here
Over my body
Over my blood
[Bridge]
[Music drops to sparse guitars
Distant hospital beeps]
(Female)
Breathe in
Steal it from the grave
Breathe out
Give it back to me
(Male, screamed)
I was broken
I was ash
I was empty
You were fury
You were faith
You were everything
(Female)
Every shock
Every scar on your chest
Is a vow I refused to forget
(Male + Female, unison)
If hell wants you
It has to want me
Come and take us both
Come and take us both
[Chorus]
I won’t let you die here
You’re more than a heartbeat on a screen
More than these red lines on the monitor
You’re the fire that’s burning inside of me
When your world went dark
Love
I stood in the doorway
Teeth and claws
I won’t let you die here
Over my body
Over my blood
[Outro]
(Male, growled)
I came back burning
(Female, soaring)
You kept that flame alive
(Both)
When the heart stops
Love still fights
When the heart stops
Love still fights
(still fights, still fights)