[Intro] Red light counting down Steel doors shaking Somebody says don’t look Somebody else is praying [Verse 1] We hit the lobby with the alarms half-dead Smoke in the marble, blood on the brass You had the drive tucked under your jacket I had my hand on the closing glass Thirty floors up to the roofline signal Six bad men coming through the stairwell door One of them smiled like he knew my history One of them dropped when he touched the floor No room for glory No time to breathe Just your shoulder under my hand And my back against the teeth [Chorus] Hold the elevator Keep the doors from closing Hold the elevator Till the sky lets us out If the whole tower falls Let it fall below us Hold the elevator We’re not done now [Verse 2] Cable screamed like an animal waking Emergency bulbs made everyone old Your phone kept searching for a signal My knuckles went quiet, split and cold Seventeenth floor, the doors cut open A hallway flashed with a rifle light I threw the fire axe through the mirror You pulled me back by the collar twice No clean escape plan No pretty wound Just the sound of my name Getting smaller in the room [Chorus] Hold the elevator Keep the doors from closing Hold the elevator Till the sky lets us out If the whole tower falls Let it fall below us Hold the elevator We’re not done now [Bridge] The buttons went dark The ceiling gave rain You said, leave me here I said, not today You said, take the proof I said, take my hand Some endings need a witness Some doors need a man [Final Chorus] Hold the elevator Keep the doors from closing Hold the elevator Till the sky lets us out If the whole tower falls Let it fall below us Hold the elevator We’re not done now Hold the elevator Hold the line somehow Hold the elevator We’re not done now [Outro] Roof doors open Night air loud Sirens rising City below us [End]
