The Thermals Album

We're self mending
We're self cleansing
Our slate is clean
Say what you mean

It's our trip and
We're not listening
We're taking grip
We're talking shit

Our slate is clean
Say what you mean
It's our trip and
We're not listening

Hey
Hey
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh

We're taking grip
We're talking shit
We're self mending
We're self cleansing
We won't flinch
We don't give a shit

We're not listening
We're not listening

The past a dream, the past no meaning
Today was fine, so don't remind me
I cut the lock now, I'm through talking
Today was fine, so don't remind me

Just push away
Just push away

The past dries the ink stays alive
The words remain to control the pages
I cut the ink now, I'm through thinking
Today was fine, so don't remind me

Just push away
Just push away

Every stitch too early cut away
Every sour dish I laid upon the table
Every thought that I left in the raw
I believe what they say
And I know these too will fade

Hold me close
Hold me closer
Hold me 'cause I'm never getting over

I know you saved every letter
You know sure as fuck I remember
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it

I've seen the sun losing light
I blink and it burns so fuckin brights
It's a fallen time we've seen
And it's all the time I need
So take it

You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it
You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it
You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

This is how we know
This is how we go

I don't know what to say
When you're so far from me I can barely make you
I count two, two, three
Breathe, two, three

You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it
You spin circle in verse and I will take it
If you can take it

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it
You spin circle in verse and I will take it
If you can take it

And this is how we go
soft and slowly, don't you know me
know I count two, I count for you
given the thought I would have you again
I count two two three, breathe two three

You walk alone, you talk in code
It's a light I can't decipher
But eyes shut is somehow enough
Under trick lighting
Under trick eyelids

Given the thought I would have you again
I count two, two, three
Breathe, two, three

You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it
You spoon water like love and I will take it
If you can take it

This is how we know
This is how we go
This is how we know

This is how we know
This is how we know

Hold your air
Hold your head carefully
We're going through now
We're going through now

Feel your itch now
Don't stop to listen
We're going through now
We're going through now

When you're thrown
You never tell
You curl with the scary shit
You keep to yourself

And it's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you

Hold your air
Hold your head carefully
We're going through now
We're going through now

Feel your itch now
Don't stop to listen
We're going through now
We're going through now

When you're thrown
You never tell
You curl with the scary shit
You keep to yourself

When you're thrown
You're getting through
You know it fits
It's a slap back right back at you

It's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you
It's so like you

But who's to blame you
For hiding it all inside
Who's to blame you
It's your choice, it's your mind
Hold tight through, so like you
Hold tight
I think we're going through now

Anything you can see, you can probably feel
Anyone who is far you can probably charge at
Hold tight, remember today
Anything you can grasp
You can easily pass to the ashtray

Anything you can break, you can probably mend
Anything you can feel, you can feel again
Hold tight, remember today
anything you can climb
You can easily watch crumble away

And i would give the last shred of my broken head
For the songs you say and the words you sing

And I felt the night open my eyes and
I find the morning paralyzing
It's only who we are
It's only who we are
It's only who we are

Anything you can see, you can probably feel
Anyone who is far you can probably charge at
Hold tight, remember today
Anything you can climb
You can easily watch crumble away

anything you can break
you can probably mend
anything you can feel
you can feel again

hold tight
remember today
anything you can grasp
you can easily see
is just plastic

And I would give the last shred of my broken head
for the songs you say and the words you sing

I felt your light burn my days and
I know it only seperates us
It's only who we are
It's only who we are
It's only who we are

Not what you say
Or what i sing
But who we are
Who we are

Not what you say
Or what i sing
But who we are
Who we are

not what we claim to be
or we hope to see
just the songs we say
and the words we sing

You call the shots
It's in your face, you dont have to sweat
You call the shots, you learn to forget
What brought your stare

You call the shots
It's in your face, you dont have to sweat
You call the shots, you learn to forget
It's in your face, you know what you've got
You call the shots

You open your eyes and stare into mine
A stare like yours is hard to find
It's ultraviolet
You close your eyes and breathe
I feel your lips, you hit the switch

You need the touch
Its in your face, you show it so well
Its in your face, you dont have to tell
Your stare's got no secrets left

You need the touch
It's in your face, you show it so well
It's in your face, you dont have to tell
You need the touch, you power true
Or I'll power you

Yeah, you open your eyes and stare into mine
A stare like yours is hard to find
It's ultraviolet
You close your eyes and breathe
I feel your lips, you hit the switch

You open your eyes and stare into mine
A stare like yours is hard to find
It's ultraviolet
You close your eyes and breathe
I feel your lips, you hit the switch

Well you know that you're on
you're alright
you can lift your head, you won't have to try
when you have control, you defend
when you don't have control
you pretend

Open your eyes and stare into mine
A stare like yours is hard to find
You close your eyes and breathe
I feel your lips, you hit the switch

You open your eyes and stare into mine
A stare like yours is hard to find
It's ultraviolet
You close your eyes and breathe
I feel your lips, you hit the switch

Pull me from the cold and
Pass me to your shoulders
Keep me high and warm
Keep me dry and normal

'cause i'm riding in your strut and
Lying in your gutter
Drunken and confused
Ready for abuse

So let your earth quake, baby

Push me to the ground and
Break my ears of sound
I have never heard
I have never deserved

Keep me deaf and muted
Slap me til i'm stupid
I'm dying for your hand
I'd die to understand

So let your earth quake
Go ahead and break me
My skin invincible
You can't phase me

I will take whatever you give me
If you pour i'll be the sieve
And i will filter just to live
So let your earth quake, baby you know me
I surrender completely and slowly

I'm feeling like a genius
I pound the wall
I've built between us
My hammer tears
With my come
I will repair

I deposit what i've felt
In the winter i can sell it
It grows in the cold
Until the soil is eroded

So let your earth quake
Go ahead and break me
My skin invincible
You can't phase me

I will take whatever you give me
If you pour i'll be the sieve
And i will filter just to live
So let your earth quake
Baby you know me
I surrender completely and slowly, slowly

And i will take whatever you give me
If you pour i'll be the sieve
And i will filter just to live
So let your earth quake
Baby you know me
I surrender completely and slowly, slowly

Pray for a new age
Pray for information
I can hope, see
Even if i don't believe

Pray for a new state
Pray for communication
I can hope, see
Even if i don't believe

And I believe
I think
I don't know

History will show
Our progress is slow
When we win
We win in inches

The future deaf
So the few left
Will need a fist
When no one will listen

Know where we stand
Know we pay the man
It's my flag
It's my flag

Know I'm not kneeling
Know what I'm feeling
My god above
Or total lack of

But I lack
I think
I don't know

Pray for a new state
Pray for assassination
I can hope, see?
Even if I don't believe

And I believe
I think
I don't know

My faith is barren
I don't believe the prayer
And it's not a sin
And it's not opinion

Know i'm a man
Know where i stand
In an affront
To god and country

So pray for a new state
Pray for assassination
I can hope, see?
Even if i don't believe

Oh, and I believe
I think

Water, food and drive
Water, food and drive
We're great
The sun sets later

Water, food and drive
Water, food and drive
We're great
The sun sets later

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack it up

Water, food and drive
Water, food and drive
We're great
The sun sets later

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack hack it up
So hack hack it up

staring at the sky
staring at the soar
the pull
a depth (death) too horrible

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack it up

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack hack it up
So hack hack it up

We live free
We never bleed

we live free
we know
what we need

Water, food and drive
Water, food and drive
We're great
The sun sets later

Water, food and drive
Water, food and drive
We're great
The sun sets later

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack hack it up
So pack pack it in
End to begin

Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
Ride to me
Right through me

Repeat
Repeat
Repeat
Yeah, ride to me
Right through me
Ride to me
Right through me

Static in the box
Static in the cough
So hack hack it up
So hack hack it up

One two three forward
We can hit the floor now
Forget everything I've told you
One night is all you really need
But time is stuck
No time is enough

One two three forward
We can touch the sky now
Forget everything I've told you
One night is all you really need
But time is stuck
No time is enough

One two three forward
We can hit the floor now
Forget everything I've told you
One night is all you really need
But time is stuck
No time is enough

One two three forward
We can touch the sky now
Forget everything I've told you
One night is all you really need
But time is stuck
No time is enough

we shoot
so far
so high
don't read me
don't believe me
so far
your hold shows
no one can touch
no one can follow

We will kill the dawn
kill the alarm
kill the song

one two three forward
is all i can see
forget the prints from your feet
one life is all i'll ever need
the time is soon
time is moving

one two three forward

The future we will wear
Is cut into fine new lines
Some stick and
Some flow
Some align
Side by side

We're past our sense
Past the consequences
We're past the fear
We're through the mirror
We project a win
We protect our skin
An eye on fate like any good nation

We keep breathing
keep feeling
keep time
keep your mind

don't give a fuck
about what we say
long as we
keep time and
keep mind

the future we will wear
is cut into fine new cloth
some work and
some walk in a circle
some align
side by side

we're past our sense
past the consequences
we're not paranoid
i don't think we're paranoid
we project a win
we protect our skin
no worry for us
we sing in a chorus

and keep breathing
keep feeling
keep time
keep your mind

don't give a fuck
about what we say
long as you
keep time and
keep mind

so let the dawn take
us there to break it
so we can slow it
so we can soak it in

check the ground
check the sound
erase the sun and
brace for a new one>

picture yourself
top of the earth
a foot in cement
a flag in the dirt

picture the world
forgetting to turn
we smack the sun
you're the first to burn

picture the galaxy
scattering
blood, sand and soil
and cheap motor oil

our union
our movement
our greatest high
the shit we die for

picture the shooting sky
as we fall in the snow
picture the fire and wind
as we crawl to the ocean

picture yourself
top of the earth
a head in the clouds
a hand in rebirth

i picture your face
i picture you naked
i picture it soon
we melt to the moon