Family in the Fire — A Song Inspired by Detroit firefighter Donald Faulkner rescues Latashia Collins from a burning car after hearing her scream for help

[Verse 1]
The night split open in a river of red
Glass on the ground like stars gone dead
Smoke climbed high with a mouth full of wire
And a voice kept calling from the heart of the fire

[Pre-Chorus]
Fear said wait for another man
Love said move with your shaking hands
Somewhere a daughter was still holding on
To a morning that wasn't gone

[Chorus]
Family in the fire
No stranger in the flame
When the whole world turns to ash and smoke
Mercy answers to a name
Family in the fire
Reach through hell and wire
If a human cry can find your heart
You're family in the fire

[Verse 2]
Boots hit glass, breath went thin
Heat like a preacher screaming sin
He saw no headline, no crowd, no crown
Just somebody's home about to burn down

[Pre-Chorus]
One more pull and the door gave way
One more breath stolen back from the grave
The sirens sang, but the truth rang higher
Love ran first into the fire

[Chorus]
Family in the fire
No stranger in the flame
When the whole world turns to ash and smoke
Mercy answers to a name
Family in the fire
Reach through hell and wire
If a human cry can find your heart
You're family in the fire

[Bridge]
Some halos smell like gasoline
Some prayers wear soot and scars
Some miracles come coughing
Under broken city stars
And when she opened her eyes again
The dawn came walking through
Saying every life you save
Saves somebody's world too

[Final Chorus]
Family in the fire
No stranger in the flame
When the whole world turns to ash and smoke
Mercy answers to a name
Family in the fire
Reach through hell and wire
If a human cry can find your heart
You're family in the fire

[Outro]
No stranger in the smoke
No stranger in the flame
Family in the fire
Mercy answers to a name