Intro
(yeah)
(clear)
Defrost clicking on the front glass
Tires turning on the wet grass
Let the needle drop
Verse
Left the heater on low, let the frost line split
Coat zipped high where the collar don't fit
Used to sit in the sedan with the key half-turned
Nerves all dull to the bridges I burned
Took a whole calendar to thaw both hands
Tracing out the seam in the rubber waistband
Used to weigh twenty stone just to lift one foot
Chewing on the ash where the timber was put
Now the window rolls down thirty miles past south
Cold green citrus on the roof of my mouth
Hear the rhythm in suspension clicking on the seams
Spilling cold brew over old gasoline receipts
Didn't notice that the jawline unclenched first
Took a sip from the tap just to test that thirst
Static in the speakers, but the hum sounds sweet
Felt the sub kick register in both my feet
Chorus
Ice melt slow on the dashboard pane
Fingers uncurl when the bassline change
Numb got heavy, had to let that drown
Whole chest open when the glass roll down
Blood hit warmer than it did back then
Took two long winters just to feel good again (again)
Took two long winters just to feel good again (good again)
Verse
Used to run the whole week like a shift in a mine
Clock in, punch out, never reading the sign
Dead-eyed stare at the fluorescent tubes
Swallowing the quiet like a mouthful of cubes
Survival got a grip like a vice on chrome
Make a fortress out of dust, call a bunker a home
Held my breath so long that I thought lungs rot
Til the motor purred smooth at the parking spot
Now the mercury climbs to sixty-two flat
Got my elbow hanging out the window like that
No armor on the ribs, let the sun graze skin
Learning how to breathe without bracing for a spin
Copper in the mouth turned to fresh peeled lime
Got a minute in my pocket that belongs to my time
Never knew the pavement had a hum so clear
Nothing left to outrun, nothing chasing me here
Chorus
Ice melt slow on the dashboard pane
Fingers uncurl when the bassline change
Numb got heavy, had to let that drown
Whole chest open when the glass roll down
Blood hit warmer than it did back then
Took two long winters just to feel good again (again)
Took two long winters just to feel good again (good again)
Bridge
Thought the numbness was keeping me safe
Just a padlock hung on an empty gate
Took a scrape on the knuckle to know
There was life still under the snow
Let the air in (air in)
Let the copper unbend
I was never really dead, just waiting on the wind
Outro
Needle sitting right on forty-five
Skin like wire when the current come alive
(feel good)
Window all the way down
(good again)
Let it glide