[Intro — close natural voice, acoustic guitar, low pulsing bass] Six seconds... Didn't sound like much back then [Short pause] Till you're standing on the edge [Verse 1 — conversational, rhythmic] We had dirt on our jeans gas on our hands Old Hondas kicking dust across that pasture land XR six-hundred two-fifty XL Enduro climbing creek walls like we didn't know how to fail We'd lose control on purpose just to learn to bring it back Rear tire throwing gravel running crooked down the track Nobody called it courage nobody called it dumb We just knew that feeling when the adrenaline come [Pre-Chorus — drums begin building] Then somebody found a bridge Cold creek down below Six seconds doesn't sound that long Till you let go [Chorus — full organic band explodes] SIX SECONDS Nothing underneath my feet SIX SECONDS Sky above and water underneath Heart beating out my chest whole world holding still Scared enough to know the fear Young enough to jump it still SIX SECONDS Just air... then that cold water hit Man... that's what alive felt like [Instrumental Turn — dirty Telecaster and acoustic riff] [Verse 2 — rolling groove] We'd ride those railroad tracks for miles and miles away No phone telling anybody where we'd been all day Wild grapes off the vine blackberries off the cane Hundred-year-old oak trees giving shelter from the rain Crawdads in the gutter three-way hook and line King snakes in the weeds we'd catch 'em all the time Miles from the house with nowhere we had to be Whole world felt bigger then and somehow we felt free [Pre-Chorus — instruments pull back] Maybe we were reckless Maybe that's partly true But you learn a little something when the only way is through [Chorus] SIX SECONDS Nothing underneath my feet SIX SECONDS Sky above and water underneath Heart beating out my chest whole world holding still Scared enough to know the fear Young enough to jump it still SIX SECONDS Just air... then that cold water hit Yeah... that's what alive felt like [Instrumental — live drums, Telecaster, bass; short and aggressive] [Bridge — everything drops to voice + acoustic] Funny... Back then I thought being brave meant not being scared Now I know better Sometimes you lose control before you learn to steer Sometimes you take the fall before you lose the fear Some of those boys ain't here no more [Pause] That's different now So when I hear those engines somewhere in my head I don't just remember what we did I remember them [Long breath] And six seconds starts feeling like a lifetime [Final Chorus — emotional full band, NO crowd vocals] SIX SECONDS Nothing underneath my feet SIX SECONDS Whole world underneath me Heart beating out my chest time standing still Old enough to know the danger Still young enough to feel SIX SECONDS Just air... then that cold water hit And for six seconds nothing in this world existed but this [Band cuts] I was alive [Outro — acoustic guitar, distant Telecaster] Six seconds... Didn't sound like much back then Funny... how long six seconds can live inside a man
