Verse 1:
A quiet night, a simple drive
A younger brother just enjoying the ride
Streetlights flicker, music low
Unaware of the danger, about to unfold
Green light flashes, but another ran red
A drunk at the wheel, and a moment turned dead
Chorus:
Brakes scream, Steel collides
The world holds still, then splits in time
One sharp sound, Then nothing beneath
The flatline of a heartbeat
Verse 2:
The world spins, and glass rains down
A voice goes silent in the backseat now
An innocent heart, it slips away
A night that never meant to betray
A single choice, a shattered frame
And nothing will ever feel the same
Chorus:
Brakes scream, Steel collides
The world holds still, then splits in time
One sharp sound, Then nothing beneath
The flatline of a heartbeat
Verse 3:
Morning breaks, the news spreads wide
A community in mourning, a family’s pride
Twisted wreckage where hope had died
Sympathies pour, the paramedics tried
And somewhere someone breathes relief
Grateful it wasn’t their own grief
Chorus:
Brakes scream, Steel collides
The world holds still, then splits in time
One sharp sound, Then nothing beneath
The flatline of a heartbeat
Outro:
In the silence, there’s a cost
Of all the moments we have lost
Each heartbeat fragile, each breath a thread
Between the living and the dead
So let this echo when you drive
Not every soul survives the night
And love gets buried deep beneath
The flatline of a heartbeat