Seven days of holding on

Verse 1)

The sirens and the sterile lights, the coldness of the room,

A frantic start, a sudden heart, a shadow in the gloom.

Malakai, you were a warrior from the moment you began,

Caught inside a battle that was never in the plan.

Two weeks of glass and plastic, of breath that wasn't free,

A tiny life held hostage by a cruel decree.

(Verse 2)

The cough that broke the silence, the air that wouldn't come,

The sound of every heartbeat like a slow and heavy drum.

Life support and wires, the hum of the machine,

The hardest choice a soul could make, the space in between.

Seven days of watching, of knowing what was true,

While the darkness in the corner grew and waited there for you.

(Chorus)

The Black Wolves didn't whisper, they tore across the sky,

They didn't give a reason, and they didn't tell us why.

They took you from my shaking arms, they took you from the light,

And left me in the wreckage of a long and lonely night.

(Bridge)

There are no lullabies here, no soft and golden years,

Just the memory of the struggle and the salt of all these tears.

I stood between the wolves and you as long as I could stand,

Until the world fell through my heart and slipped right through my hand.

(Outro)

Rest now, Malakai, away from all the pain,

Away from every monitor and every heavy chain.

The wolves have done their damage, the sky has turned to black,

But they can’t take the love I have, or the way I fought to bring you back.