
Thermos Alarm
[Verse 1: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, detonating, shouted, siren guitars] Radio said get down, pack the truck, leave the keys Whole crew rolled in a line of dust between the trees I locked the dome and told the night I owed it one more read If the mountain wants a witness, it can have the stubborn breed Screens were painting red like a fever in the glass Numbers climbing numbers like they wanted me to pass I sang into the static just to keep my hands from shaking Better loud and wrong than quiet while the ground was waking [Hook: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, loud, detonating, shouted] False alarm and I am still here singing Coffee on the sensor, mountain never swinging I stayed for a disaster that was lukewarm in a can False alarm, still a better man [Verse 2: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, detonating, louder] Wind was doing sermons on the corrugated shed I recited every protocol I ever kept in my head Thought about my mother, thought about the road Thought about the quiet if the ridge actually blew Then I saw the thermos sitting on the little metal pad Heat sensor kissing aluminum like it had gone mad I laughed a broken laugh that scared the empty chairs All that red was coffee temperature in the open air [Hook: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, loud, detonating, shouted] False alarm and I am still here singing Coffee on the sensor, mountain never swinging I stayed for a disaster that was lukewarm in a can False alarm, still a better man [Midturn: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, thermos lift, guitars cut then explode] Lift the thermos, watch the red go white Siren guitars cut dead for one quiet night Then double kick and snare come back like a joke with teeth I sing the all-clear with my heart still underneath [Verse 3: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, detonating, relieved and loud] I radio the valley like a man who lost a bet Say the ridge is calm, say I am a fool, say not yet They can mock the thermos, they can mock the song I will take a false alarm over being wrong and gone [Hook: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, loud, detonating, shouted] False alarm and I am still here singing Coffee on the sensor, mountain never swinging I stayed for a disaster that was lukewarm in a can False alarm, still a better man [Outro: Detonating white-hot male rock singer, laughing, siren guitars ring out and fade] Thermos off Ridge quiet [End]

