Thaw the frost right off of the pane (Version 2)

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