The Ambulance Isn’t Leaving

The Ambulance Isn’t Leaving Still Shine Spoken Intro There’s this moment… when everybody keeps saying… “They’re gonna be okay.” So you believe them. Then… the ambulance just… doesn’t leave. ⸻ Verse 1 Blue lights paint the front porch blue, Everybody crying, nobody knows the truth. Neighbors standing quiet, time done froze in place, Looking through the window… trying to recognize a face. Somebody keeps praying… Somebody keeps pacing… Somebody keeps saying, “They’re loading ’em up… just wait.” But the doors stay open. Nobody moves. ⸻ Pre-Chorus Why ain’t they driving? What’s taking so long? Somebody tell me… what’s going on? ⸻ Chorus Why isn’t the ambulance leaving? Why’s everybody whispering low? Why’s the whole street standing still… Like somebody already knows? Tell me… why ain’t those tires turning? Why ain’t those sirens singing? My whole world’s inside that house… So why… isn’t the ambulance leaving? ⸻ Verse 2 Police radios talking… I can’t hear a thing. Everybody’s lips moving… Nobody answering me. The night keeps getting longer. The lights keep flashing red. Hope starts sounding quieter… Inside my head. ⸻ Bridge Sometimes… the loudest silence… Comes from sirens… That never start. ⸻ Final Chorus Why isn’t the ambulance leaving? Please don’t tell me… before you’re sure. Please don’t make tomorrow… A life… without them anymore. If you’re still fighting… Then keep believing. Cause I don’t know… How to breathe… If the ambulance… Isn’t leaving. ⸻ Outro (Spoken) Sometimes… you remember a person… by the day they left. Sometimes… you remember them… by every day they lived before it.