Fifteen in the Blood — A Song Inspired by Boston Red Sox 15-game win streak

[Verse 1]
We carried the streak like a live coal tongue
Passed hand to hand while the dark bell rung
Every man knew it could turn to smoke
Every man swung like the chain might broke
The city put its ear to the rail
Heard red thunder under every nail
Nobody named it, nobody dared
Some fires die when they know they are stared

[Pre-Chorus]
Do not say forever, say tonight
Do not say glory, say hold it tight

[Chorus]
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
Fifteen little fires walking us home
The old room shakes and the rafters lean
Fifteen red marks where the fear had been
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
One more hard breath and nobody alone

[Verse 2]
Forty-six breathed from under the floor
A year with its fist on the laundry door
We taped our wrists and swallowed doubt
Then pushed one more long inning out
Not for a crown and not for a speech
Just for the next small inch in reach
Cleats in the clay, pine on the hands
A red thread pulling through the stands

[Pre-Chorus]
Do not count it, keep it low
Let the red thread pull and go

[Chorus]
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
Fifteen little fires walking us home
The old room shakes and the rafters lean
Fifteen red marks where the fear had been
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
One more hard breath and nobody alone

[Bridge]
If it breaks tomorrow, let tomorrow come
Tonight we are iron, sweat, and drum
Tonight the old number stands in the door
And it does not own us anymore

[Guitar Solo]

[Final Chorus]
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
Fifteen little fires walking us home
The old room shakes and the rafters lean
Fifteen red marks where the fear had been
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
One more hard breath and nobody alone
Fifteen in the blood, fifteen in the bone
We made the dead year sing through stone