Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Beginning of my shift Brand new patch on my sleeve Tones echo through the E R No time to hesitate Hollow point 9 mil Point blank range Now I'm on my knees In a pool of your own blood Red covered my hands No amount of water Could ever wash off I was just twenty years old [Prechorus] Crowd and rush hour traffic All around us Horns blowing and people talking But I heard nothing Just that high car chime Dinging steady time And the sound of you Gasping for one more breath Your chest fighting under my hands [Chorus] I hear that car chime in the dark Like it’s still stuck in my ears Thirty eight years gone by now And I still fall apart Smallest spark and I’m right back there I did all that I knew But I couldn’t pull you through I swore on your name right then and there I’d never fail anyone again [Verse 2] Radio cracked But the words ran thin Counting compressions I lost my count Sweat in my eyes Smell of metal and rain Med evac 5 miles out Too far for us Your fingers twitched when I called your name Thought I caught one more breath you drew Time wrote a line that I couldn’t cross They called your T-O-D But it branded me too [Chorus] I hear that car chime in the dark Like it’s still stuck in my ears Thirty eight years gone by now And I still fall apart Smallest spark and I’m right back there I did all that I knew But I couldn’t pull you through I swore on your name right then and there I’d never fail anyone again [Bridge] Every stranger on a stretcher Every hand that slips in mine You’re the shadow standing over me You’re the clock I can’t rewind So I double-check the airway Count the rhythm in my head (in my head) You taught me how a promise Can outlive the dead [Chorus] I hear that car chime in the dark Like it’s still stuck in my ears Thirty eight years gone by now And I still fall apart Smallest spark and I’m right back there I did all that I knew And I carry that truth I whisper your name now and then Every heartbeat I help defend Is me keeping that promise I’ll never fail again
Tags
Male vocals, spoken word, slow, intense, haunting
Duration
3:46
Instrumental
No
Created
3/1/2026