Public Safety Division

Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Tuesday noon, a domestic call cleared
Next was the scene every rookie feared
The kid didn't make it, the family screamed
I buried the images of what I’d seen
Wrote the report, told myself I’m fine
Just another shift, just another line.
[Chorus]
One stone, you don’t even feel the weight
A thousand stones, you can’t stand up straight
They pile up slow, invisible and small
Till one day you’re carrying them all
Pebbles in your palm, pebbles in your soul
Nobody told you what it takes—the toll.
[Verse 2]
Twenty years in, the armor grew thick
But my hands started shaking, a nervous tick
Then the phone rang—my own blood in the hall
My son in the ER, the hardest call
Monitor screaming, my pressure in the red
The weight of the world adding to the dread
[Bridge - Building Intensity]
One pebble for the child who didn't survive
One for my boy struggling to get by
One for the secrets, one for the pride
Drowning in the weight I kept inside!
[Guitar Solo - Short]
[Final Chorus]
One stone, you don’t even feel the weight
A thousand stones, you can’t stand up straight
They pile up slow, nobody can see
Till you’re buried under who you used to be
Pebbles in your palm, pebbles in your chest
The job never told you—you gotta decompress.
[Outro]
Putting down the stones, one at a time
Surviving doesn't have to be a crime
Let 'em go... before they turn your heart cold.