The Weight of a Father's Trigger

Verse 1

Ninety minutes on the clock

Her face already fading in my head

They wired the phone to my chest

Said the senator dies or she's dead

Pre-Chorus

I never held a gun before tonight

Now I'm counting down the doors and every light

Chorus

Tick tick tick the hourglass

Her breath against the glass

I tear through the static and the rain

One man stands between me and her name

Post-Chorus

Down down down

The seconds drown

Down down down

Verse 2

Sirens in my rearview mirror

I taught her how to ride a bike on this street

Now I'm breaking through the barricade

My hands shaking with the heat

Pre-Chorus

The crowd parts like a river of red

I only see the picture in my head

Chorus

Tick tick tick the hourglass

Her breath against the glass

I tear through the static and the rain

One man stands between me and her name

Post-Chorus

Down down down

The seconds drown

Down down down

Bridge

They made me a monster in a suit and tie

Made me choose between her eyes and a nation's lie

Either way I walk away with blood

Either way I'm kneeling in the mud

Chorus

Tick tick tick the hourglass

Her breath against the glass

Tear through the static and the rain

One man stands between me and her name

Post-Chorus

Down down down

The seconds drown

Down down down