Lyrics
(He)
The notice is taped to the service door glass.
They're talking new condos, coming up fast.
I map out the backdraft, run all the containment lines,
Smell the smoke in the floorboards before the first signs.
[Chorus]
(She)
"If the sirens start screaming, and the whole block goes black,"
(He)
"You're the first thing I'm grabbing, and I'm not looking back."
[Verse 2]
(She)
I'm not packing the photos, or my mother's gold ring.
Just the feel of your palm on that Saturday in Spring.
You said, "This whole damn apartment is starting to bend,"
But the stress fractures show you where the real structure ends.
[Chorus]
(He)
"When the sirens start screaming, and the whole block goes black,"
(She)
"You're the first thing I'm grabbing, and I'm not looking back."
[Bridge]
(He)
So let the slag heaps reignite.
(She)
Let the girders all glow.
(Both)
We'll follow the river, find somewhere to go.
[Outro]
(He, whispered)
You're the first thing.
(She, whispered)
The first saved thing.
About Wyatt Anchor
Wyatt Anchor was raised in a Pennsylvania steel town and has worked in kitchens and bars since he was sixteen. He currently slings drinks three nights a week at a dive bar in Pittsburgh, where the stories of his regulars become the blueprints for his stadium-sized rock anthems. He's in a relationship with a line cook named Maeve; they share the same schedule, the same exhaustion, and the same…
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Who is Wyatt Anchor?
Wyatt Anchor is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Rock music.
What genre is The First Saved Thing?
The First Saved Thing is Rock.
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