The Thermals Album

Go fast, go slow
Go sly, go low
Where the hell you wanna be?
All systems intact
The red and the black
Black eventually

Go fast, go slow
Go sly, go low
Where the hell you wanna be?
All systems intact
The red and the black
Black eventually

Count the numbers and the words
And the numbness in return

Go fast, go slow
Go sly, go low
Where the hell you wanna be?
All systems intact
The red and the black
Black eventually

Get fat and waste
Get smashed in the face
Where the hell you wanna be?

Go fast, go slow
Go sly, go low
Where the hell you wanna be?

Count the numbers and return
Count the numbers and the words
And the numbness in return
They go 4-3-2-1

Go fast, go slow
Go sly, go low
Where the hell you wanna be?
Where the hell you wanna be?

All systems intact
The red and the black
Black eventually
Go sly, go low

Count the numbers and the words
And the numbness in return
They go 4-3-2-1

If it only means to sing loud
It's only trivia
So don't freak out

Stuff your sentences into your boring diary
Stuff your senses into the back of your jeans
Take the controls, grab hold
Get fuckin' ready

Bring your appetite and break sobriety
Stuff your senses into the back of your jeans
Take the controls, grab hold
Get fuckin' ready

Brace and break
Be quiet

Stuff your sentences into your boring diary
Stuff your senses into the back of your jeans
Take the controls, grab hold
Get fuckin' ready

Bring your appetite and break sobriety
Stuff your senses into the back of your jeans
Take the controls, grab hold
Get fuckin' ready

Brace and break
Be quiet

You and I have minutes between
We lie, but we're still listening
It's too soon I know
But I can walk slow
It's a couple blocks away

Stuff your sentences into your boring diary
Stuff your senses into the back of your jeans
Take the controls, grab hold
Get fuckin' ready

Brace and break
Be quiet

We don't have to try
We can turn bad luck into a bad joke
We don't have to sing
We can turn a bad string into a long dream
We don't have to bleed
We can just repeat when we are alone

Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage
Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage

More coloured liquid
No scent, no skin
More stained paper
More parts per million

No new deafness
No self reference
No cults and
No false stands

No one ideal
Know what I feel
No two the same
Know two with the same name

Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage
Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage

More coloured liquid
No scent, no skin
More stained paper
More parts per million

No new deafness
No self reference
No getting psyched on
No culture icons

No one ideal
Know what I feel
No two the same
Know two with the same name

No one ideal
Know what I feel
Oh, oh, oh

Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage
Hardly art, hardly starving
Hardly art, hardly garbage

More coloured liquid
No scent, no skin
More stained paper
More parts per million

No new deafness
No self reference
No getting psyched on
No culture icons

No one ideal
Know what I feel
No two the same
Know two with the same name

Eyes so deep
You'd never see through
I can't fucking stop
Thinking about you

Take me
You only want the one that leaves you shaking
Take me
You only want the one that makes you crazy

It's been
So long I forget how to say it
It's been
So long I forgot I was waiting

My God the sun
My God the sin
My God the sun
Where have you been?

Take me
You only want the one that leaves you shaking
Take me
You only want the one that makes you crazy

It's been
So long I forgot I was waiting

My God the sun
My God the sin
My God the sun
Where have you been?

My God, oh my
Goddamn the sea
Eyes so deep you never see

Take me
You only want the one that leaves you shaking
Take me
You only want the one that makes you crazy

It's been
So long I forgot I was waiting

My God the sun
My God the sin
My God the sun
Where have you been?

My God the light
Goddamn the sea
Eyes so deep you'd never see

And it's been so long I forgot I was waiting
Now told, my mind is blown

Carry me, carry me, carry me home
Carry me, carry me, carry me home
Carry me, carry me, carry me through
Eyes so deep you'd never see through

Carry me away
Now strong
My mind is gone
And it's been so long I forgot I was waiting

On your breath, on your flesh
On line, on time
On your head, on your chest
On line, on time

Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control, we spin
Into the night we pass
Into the salted wax and the false attacks
Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control, we spin

On your breath, on your flesh
On line, on time
To the west, to the left
On line, on time

Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control, we spin
Into the night we pass
Into the salted wax and the false attacks
Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control, we spin

On your breath
On your flesh
On line, on time

Yeah

On line, on time
On your head, on your chest
On line, on time

Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control, we spin
Into the night we pass
Into the salted wax and the false attacks

It's what I see
It's not what I mean
I'm just faking it

It's what I see
It's not what I mean
I'm just faking it and you're holding

Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control we spin

On your breath
On your flesh
On line, on time
On time

Hold, below
You're rising on you're rising on
Slow, behold
Nothing else can be wrong if the timing is on

It's what I see
It's not what I mean
I'm just faking it and you're holding

On your breath, on your flesh
On line, on time
On your head, on your chest
On line, on time

Out of the light we begin
Out of the old and thin and control

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

Replace the wires
On your face lifted sky
We are safe here
We are safe here

Paste the fine point
Your eyes
Eyes will stare
I too will stare

The money sings quietly
Replace the wires
On your face lifted sky
We are safe here
We are safe here

Paste the fine point
Your eyes
Eyes will stare
I too will stare

And the money sings quietly
By mid flight, you're terrified
And the money sings quietly

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

Fire the forces
Fire the torches, high
We are safe here
We are safe here

No slack
In the small
Of your back
Your eyes glazed
In all your days

Replace the wires
On your face lifted sky
We are safe here
We are safe here

Paste the fine point
Your eyes
Eyes will stare
I too will stare

And the money sings quietly
By mid flight, you're terrified
And the money sings quietly

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

Oh, two
I know, I know, I know
Look to the flat end
You can see your shadow

Oh, two
I know the pattern
Oh, two
I know we'll be here again

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
But I won't lose too much
If I can still trust you

Know it's not the same
Know it's entertaining
I know I'm unaware
But I just can't bear to leave

No apology
Just quantity

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
But I won't lose too much
If I can still trust you

I know it's not the same
I know it's entertaining
I know I'm unaware
But I just can't bear to leave

No apology
Just quantity

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
But I'm never on, I'm always wrong
I can always trust the opposite

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
I'm never on, I'm always wrong
I can always trust the opposite

Know it's a revival
Know it's just a cycle
It's time to lose
It's time to move

Know it's not the same
Know it's entertaining
I know I'm unaware
But I just can't bear to leave

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
I'm never on, I'm always wrong
I can always trust the opposite

I think we've reached our limit
I think we're getting finished
But I'm never on, I'm always wrong
I can always trust the opposite

You've got your sights set
Programmed, you'll never tell
I see a blank map
I can see no straight path

You can wire spin
You can make gold again
You can dial it in
You can take it all off again

Be my little machine
You can pinpoint for me

I need you locked in
You've got your sights set
Programmed, you'll never tell
I see a blank map
I can see no straight path

You can wire spin
You can make gold again
You can dial it in
You can take it all off again

Be my little machine
You can pinpoint for me
I need you locked in
Programmed, you'll never tell

No emergency
No alarm test
You've got the mind
So you might as well take the rest

You can wire spin
You can make gold again
You can dial it in
You can take it all off again

Be my little machine
You can pinpoint for me
I need you locked in
Programmed, you'll never tell

You can dial it in
You can take it all off again

Overgrown, overblown!
Nod if you're near, can you hear this
Signal if you feel it, you're feeling it
I see the fire and it's faceless
I hope you came here to embrace and not escape it

Tell me if this hurts, if you've heard this
Tell me if it hurts is it worth it
We can go to hell if you can teach me
I finally found my voice and I'm speechless
It's tough to chew, but we can power through

Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh

Overgrown, overblown
Tell me if this hurts, if you've heard this
Tell me if it hurts, is it worth it
I know you came for a reason
I know you came to believe me, believe me

Nod if you're near, if you can hear this
Signal if you feel it, you're feeling it
I see the fire and it's faceless
I hope you came here to embrace it and not escape it
It's tough to chew, but we can power through

Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh

Overgrown, overblown!
And everyday I wanna feel the same
And every night I don't wanna feel the same
Nod if you're near, if you can hear this
Signal if you feel it, you're feeling it
It's tough to chew, but we can power through

Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh
Yeah-oh

Overgrown, overblown!

Memory wise, memory flies
Memory barely satisfies
The past steals
It's a passing feeling

Memory wise, memory flies
Memory rarely satisfies
The past tense
Tense and bleeding

You can choke
Or you can focus
I wanna forget
I don't wanna forget
I don't wanna forget

Memory knows, memory goes
Memory dulling, but I'm learning slow
The passing heals
The past is healing

Memory knows, memory stops
The hum is gone when the power's off
The passing heals
The past is healing

And you can choke on it
Or you can focus
I wanna forget
I don't wanna forget
I don't wanna forget

If you have no wishes
You can still have an opinion
Everybody's got one

If you have the free time
I'm sure there's something we can agree on
When you're passing the blame
No one remembers the same

Memory wise, memory flies
Memory barely satisfies
The past steals
It's a passing feeling

Memory knows, memory stops
The hum is gone when the power's off
The passing heals
The past is healing

And you can focus
Or you can smoke it
I wanna forget
And I don't wanna forget

I don't wanna forget
I don't wanna forget
I don't wanna forget

Hail mary, Heaven willing
Let a blanket cover everything
Hold us high, hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime

I don't need any love
'Cause I've got the elements
Electric light, electric license
I can add it all up, one plus one

Hail mary, Heaven willing
Let a blanket cover everything
Hold us high, hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime

I don't need any love
'Cause I've got the elements
Electric light, electric license
I can add it all up, one plus one

And your face fits in the frame so
Like your footprints in the fake snow
Sky sight now, a strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again

Hail mary, Heaven willing
Let a blanket cover everything
Hold us high, hold aside
Mother don't let us die before the springtime

I don't need any love
'Cause I've got the elements
Electric light, electric license
I can add it all up, one plus one

And your face fits in the frame so
Like your footprints in the fake snow
Sky sight now, a strobe light
Black to white then
Black to white and
Black to white then
Back to gray again

And if you do not mind, I will not stay
If you can climb I will find a way
If you do not mind, I will not stay
If you can climb I will find a way

Hail mary, Heaven willing
Let a blanket cover everything
I can add it all up, one plus one

I can feel the ache and
I can feel it breaking
One hand on the head
One hand on the bed

Breathing in the blankness
Breathing in the blank shots
One hand on the head
One hand on the bed

I can't focus on the haze
I'm still choking on the craving
Waiting for the only sound
I haven't heard

Hoping this is as low as we can get
Wading in the images we're soon to forget
And I may be out of it
But I'm still into you

I'm born dead
I'm born again
I can feel the ache and
I can feel it breaking

Come towards the call
With no poison crawling
Absorb, absorb, absorb
Shut down

No short lines and
Only short lies
Count them backwards
In four words or less or more

I can't focus on the haze
I'm still choking on the craving
Waiting for the only sound
I haven't heard

Hoping this is as low as we can get
Wading in the images we're soon to forget
And I may be out of it
But I'm still into you

I'm born dead
I'm born again
I can feel the ache and
I can feel it breaking

Every call you never made
Every call you waited for, it never came
Every ancient sound that's passed to your ears
In an endless supply of ones and zeros

Every sun you never saw
Every sun you said didn't make it at all
Oh, the futuristic landscape shaped like today
But just a few days later

I can feel it as one
I can feel it in the thunder

Too many words in a day
Too many words I don't want to forget to tell you
I want to file it all away
We'll write a tombstone as high as the bible

And every shred is fake, I'm afraid
And every shred is copper-plated
Every shred you can keep your eyes on
Check me while I check the horizon

I can feel it as one
I can feel it in the thunder
Here's what we do, we learn you the rules
And if you get stuck you can throw them the fuck out

Every call you never made
Every call you waited for, it never came
Every ancient sound that's passed to your ears
In an endless supply of ones and zeros

Every sun you never saw
Every sun you said didn't make it at all
Oh, the futuristic landscape shaped like today
But just a few days later

I can feel it as one
I can feel it in the thunder