Intro
Low hum in the steering column
Five in the morning, heat breathing through the vent
Yeah
Verse
Left the window down a crack, thirty-eight degrees (cold)
Ticking from the manifold settling in the knees
Winter in the collarbone, knuckles turned to chalk
Autopilot pacing out the middle of the block
Spent three seasons running off adrenaline and steam
Every conversation sounding muffled through a screen
Now the copper on my tongue tastes a little bit like salt
Something in the circuitry tripping on a fault
Heater kicking on, blowing dust across the dash (dust)
Flicker in the instrument cluster like a flash
Felt the pulse underneath the heavy denim seam
Coming out of anesthesia, waking from the dream
I was counting down the hours just surviving off the clock
Now the needle’s creeping upward past the twenty on the dock
Blood running warmer than the water from the tap
Felt the current jump the battery and snap (snap)
Chorus
Got that static on the ribcage hummin' like a wire (wire)
Thawing out the marrow just to settle with the fire (fire)
Used to run on neutral, now I’m leaning on the spark
Static on the ribcage beating in the dark (dark)
Got that static on the ribcage hummin' like a wire (wire)
Thawing out the marrow just to settle with the fire (fire)
Verse
Pavement drying purple where the evening catches rain (rain)
Subwoofer rattle knocking rhythm in the frame
Took a couple winters just to recognize the sound
Of my own two sneakers making friction on the ground
Used to keep the deadbolt twisted on my throat
Iron in my pocket, zipper pulled along the coat
Now the air tastes sweet, bitter peel of tangerine (sweet)
Fluorescent lights buzzing over aisles of kerosene
I don't need the armor if the skin is growing back
Grease on my thumb from the chain along the track
Every single rib has got a frequency to hold
Forty-watt filament burning in the cold
Used to call it panic when the chest began to knock
Now I let the tempo pull the tumbler in the lock
Nothing hollow left inside the cavity to spare
Taking in a lungful of oxygen and air (air)
Chorus
Got that static on the ribcage hummin' like a wire (wire)
Thawing out the marrow just to settle with the fire (fire)
Used to run on neutral, now I’m leaning on the spark
Static on the ribcage beating in the dark (dark)
Got that static on the ribcage hummin' like a wire (wire)
Thawing out the marrow just to settle with the fire (fire)
Bridge
Didn’t know the numbness was a debt I had to pay
Told myself that moving was the same as being safe
Now the tremor in my fingers isn't fear, it’s just the hum
Every single volt telling me where I come from
Skin against the cotton, breath against the pane
I can feel the weather even when it isn't rain (rain)
Outro
Just the current in the bone (bone)
Defrost on the glass, drive home
Low hum, ninety on the dial
Haven't felt the static in a while (while)
Let it buzz
