Red Helmet Prayer

[M] He left a dented helmet

By the door in the hall

[F] Boots by the welcome mat

Still standing up tall

[M] The kids ask where he goes now

[F] I say he’s on the line

[M] Keeping the dark back

[F] One shift at a time

[M] We heard that siren fade

[F] Then the whole house went still

[M] But love don’t leave a nameplate

[F] Love just does what it will

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] Hold him up there

[M] In the smoke and the ash

[F] In the hard, hard air

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] We’re still right there

[M] Say his name, say it clear

[F] Red helmet prayer (red helmet prayer)

[M] The table keeps his coffee ring

On the wood by the sink

[F] Rain taps on the window

Like it knows what we think

[M] The neighbors brought a casserole

And bowed their heads low

[F] We learned how grief can stand up

And still let the light show

[M] We heard that siren fade

[F] Then the whole house went still

[M] But love don’t leave a nameplate

[F] Love just does what it will

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] Hold him up there

[M] In the smoke and the ash

[F] In the hard, hard air

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] We’re still right there

[M] Say his name, say it clear

[F] Red helmet prayer (red helmet prayer)

[F] If the road goes black

[M] We carry his flame

[F] In the way he ran in

[M] In the way he gave his name

[F] No badge can hold a father

[M] No wall can hold a son

[F] He ran toward the hurting

[M] And brought the whole world some

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] Hold him up there

[M] In the smoke and the ash

[F] In the hard, hard air

[M] Red helmet prayer

[F] We’re still right there

[M] Say his name, say it clear

[F] Red helmet prayer (red helmet prayer)

[M] Say his name, say it clear

[F] Red helmet prayer (red helmet prayer)