[Intro: wind, war drum, radio static] Twenty in Twenty out [Hook] [Female vocalist, sung, choir behind her] Get in the black, get in the black Fire on the ridge and it ain't turnin' back [Male MC] Twenty went in, I'm bringin' twenty out Hold the fuckin' line 'til the sky burns out [Verse 1: male MC, war drums] Day nine on the ridge and my boots won't dry Ash in my teeth and a red flag sky Twenty on my crew and I know every name Know whose kid got a birthday, know whose back is in pain Danny on the saw, twenty-two, all mouth Nell swampin' brush, throwin' limbs to the south Twelve hours cuttin' line down to dirt that won't burn Three feet wide, every rookie gotta earn Twenty-two seasons, I got ash in my lungs I got a wife back home who quit askin' when I come Dozer on the flank and the tankers on the way Lookout on the high rock, Reyes, callin' out the day Air so hot the radio sweats in my hand Every inch of this mountain is a lesson in where to stand [Hook] [Female vocalist, sung, choir behind her] Get in the black, get in the black Fire on the ridge and it ain't turnin' back [Male MC] Twenty went in, I'm bringin' twenty out Hold the fuckin' line 'til the sky burns out [Verse 2: drums tighten, brass stabs] Three-fifteen, and the wind turn like a dog off a chain Reyes on the radio, her voice don't shake, she says my name "It's spottin' over, two ridges, it's runnin' up your draw" Sun went red, then went black, like a curtain in a hall Escape route's gone, fire jumped it like a fence Danny cussin' at the saw, but his eyes don't make sense Eighteen people lookin' at me like I'm God with a map I ain't God, I'm a man with a lighter in a pack Sometimes the only way to beat a fire is to start one So I tell 'em, "Drop the tools," and I tell 'em, "Don't run" [Beat Switch: double-time drums, full choir roaring] Drip torch in my hand and I light where we stand Burn the grass at our feet 'til it's ash on the land Give the fire nothin' to eat, give it nothin' to take Twenty bodies face down, nobody move, nobody break Then it hits like a train runnin' over our backs Choir in the timber, every tree goin' crack Hand on Danny's boot and my face in the dirt Countin' every name out loud so I don't feel the hurt Nell is cryin', I can hear her, so I know that she's breathin' Heat so loud you can't even hear your own heart beatin' Ninety seconds of the end of the world Then the sky goes quiet, and the smoke unfurls [Verse 3: half-time, choir holds one long note] Stand up slow, everybody black as coal One, Danny, two, Nell, and I go down the whole roll Three to eighteen, every voice comin' back Nineteen's me, twenty's Reyes, "I see y'all in the black" Twenty-two seasons and that's the last one I need Hung my hard hat on a nail, let the young ones lead [Final Hook] [Female vocalist, sung, full choir behind her] Get in the black, get in the black Fire on the ridge, but we ain't turnin' back [Male MC] Twenty went in, and I brought twenty out Held the fuckin' line 'til the sky burned out [Outro: wind, one war drum, radio] Twenty All twenty Go home
