[Verse 1]
It’s three a.m. again
Coffee’s gone cold on the dash
Street’s empty
’til it isn’t
We roll up on twisted metal
Steam and glass like frozen rain
Headlights painting broken shapes
Somebody’s whole life bent in half
[Chorus]
We walk through fire and ice
Cutting dreams out of steel and smoke
Hands shaking
Voices steady
“Stay with me
You’re not alone”
We drag tomorrow out of the wreckage
One heartbeat at a time
Trying to keep your world from burning down
While we try to forget what we find
[Verse 2]
House on the corner’s breathing heat
Windows screaming orange
Kids’ bikes on the front lawn
Dog barking at the dark
Mask on
Name fades
All that matters is the next room
Counting doors
Counting seconds
Counting on the floor to hold
[Chorus]
We walk through fire and ice
Pulling photos off the walls of flame
Your wedding dress
Your baby’s crib
Things that spell your name
We drag tomorrow out of the ashes
One heartbeat at a time
Trying to keep your world from burning down
While we try to forget what we find
[Bridge]
You ask how we do it
Truth is
Sometimes we don’t
Sometimes it follows us home
Smell of smoke in clean shirts
Sparks inside a quiet mind
Faces in the rearview mirror
That never made it out in time
[Chorus]
Still we walk through fire and ice
Cutting people from the jaws of fear
Talking soft in the hardest moments
“I’m right here
I’m right here”
We hold your dreams like fragile glass
Between our calloused hands
Trying to keep your world from burning down
As we learn to live with what we can’t unsee
[Outro]
If you ever wonder
Why we run toward the flames
Remember
Someone once ran in for us too