Keeping Us Alive Tribute song

you ask me where I go

when I stare off late at night

sitting quiet in the kitchen

with the TV light

I could tell you what I've seen

but some things stay locked away

cause if I brought it home with me

it might never leave this place

and I know

you miss the man

I used to be

before the badge

started changing me

{chorus}

I carry faces in my head

and ghosts that won't let go

you reach for me in bed at night

but I'm somewhere else alone

I swore that I would protect you

upholding our community safety

but lately I just survive

and the hardest part of this job

is keeping us alive

{lyrics}

people thank me for my service

shake my hand downtown

but they don't hear the silence

when this house settles down

they don't see you in the hallway

trying hard not to cry

cause you lost me little by little

and neither knows quite why

sometimes I sit in the driveway

hands still tight on the wheel

trying to leave the darkness outside

before I walk in for real

{chorus}

I carry faces in my head

and ghosts that won't let go

you reach for me in bed at night

but I'm somewhere else alone

I swore that I would protect you

through every storm in life

but lately I just survive

and the hardest part of this job

is keeping us alive

{bridge}

every siren

takes a piece

every funeral

steals some sleep

and I wonder

what you see

when you look at me

{lyrics}

if I disappear before I'm gone

don't let the memories fade

remember somewhere underneath all this

there's still the man you saved

{final chorus}

I carry scars you cannot see

from things I never say

and loving me ain't easy now

but you still chose to stay

I swore that I would protect you

through every storm of life

but the badge doesn't tell you how to be

a husband every night

and the hardest part of this job

ain't the bullets or the knives

it's coming home

and trying

to feel alive

this is my police tribute to you.