Intro
Breath misting in the cold car (cold)
Heater humming low
Counting every tick on the dash
Watch the needle glow
Verse 1
Scraped the ice off the glass with a cracked plastic card
Six-fifteen, white exhaust drifting out in the yard (yard)
Fingers stiff on the wheel, fan is clicking on two
Spent three winters just doing what I had to do
Just surviving the shift, just absorbing the hit
Keep the collar pulled high so the weather won't split
Through the wool in the coat, through the seams in the shoe
Turned my ribs to a cage where no oxygen grew
No taste in the cup, no spark in the wire
Walking cold in the street with no room for a fire
Kept my head in the concrete, eyes on the stride
Letting days slip away with the current inside
Then the radiator hissed, vapor fogging the glass
Saw my face in the mirror and I let the breath pass
Not a ghost in a jacket, not a shadow in gray
First time in a year that I'm waking today
Chorus
Thaw the frost right off of the pane
Feel the blood run back in the vein (vein)
Heavy chest letting go of the wind
Man, I wanna feel good again (again)
Yeah, I wanna feel good again (again)
Verse 2
Rolled the driver side down just to swallow the breeze
Forty miles on the asphalt, thawing degrees (degrees)
Subwoofer in the trunk giving kick to the spine
Left the weight of the week at the city-edge sign
Used to measure my life by the damage controlled
Now the sun cuts the dash like a ribbon of gold
Not a sudden parade, not a cinematic sweep
Just the gravel beneath, just a promise I keep
Air deep in the lungs, burning clean, burning clear
Trading all of the static for everything here
Every joint feeling loose, every tread on the track
Didn't know how much weight I was holding in back
Used to lock up the doors just to keep out the chill
Now the window stays cracked while I coast down the hill
Got the stereo humming, got both hands on the wheel
Trading all of the armor for the courage to feel
Chorus
Thaw the frost right off of the pane
Feel the blood run back in the vein (vein)
Heavy chest letting go of the wind
Man, I wanna feel good again (again)
Yeah, I wanna feel good again (again)
Bridge
Pins and needles in the palms, waking up from the sleep (sleep)
It stings when it starts, but the current is deep
Can't pretend that the numb was keeping me safe
I don't wanna just linger inside of the space
Between breathing and being, between static and spark
Let the heat take the room, let it finish the dark (dark)
Outro
Tires hum on the blacktop
Chest warm
Pulse under the skin (skin)
Yeah, I wanna feel good again (again)
I wanna feel good again