[Verse 1]
Ash on the windshield
Smoke in my throat
Boots on the blacktop
Gear’s getting soaked
Sirens are singing
Night turning red
Banjo in the station
Stuck in my head
[Pre-Chorus]
Radio crackles
“Strike team roll”
We go anyway
Hearts of gold
Wind in the canyon
Spits out flame
We sign the waiver
Still write our names
[Chorus]
Calfire heroes
Hearts of gold
Racing where the flames unfold
Fallen trees and burning homes
We don’t leave you there alone
Standing strong through smoke and fear
If you cry
We’re staying here
Calfire heroes
Hearts of gold
Hearts of gold
Hearts of gold
[Verse 2]
Glitch in the headlamp
Ash on my tears
Face in the shadows
Laughing at fear
Fire trucks lined up
Steel in a row
Mud on the tires
Ready to go
[Pre-Chorus]
Sky’s getting louder
Orange and black
One step forward
Can’t look back
If this is hell
We hold the line
Hand in hand
We cross that fire
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I see the porch where you marked your height
The swing set melting in the light
The picture frames along your wall
I swear I’ll fight to save it all
[glitchy vocal chop]
Tears in my mask
Can’t wipe them away
But I scream at the flames
You’re not theirs today (today, today)
[Chorus]