[Intro 4] [One low guitar pulse; distorted bass rises beneath it] [Drums enter in a lurching 7/8 pattern and choke before impact] [Close sung lead] I keep waiting For a hit That already happened [Verse 1 12] [Down-tuned guitar and drums remain tightly braced] You tapped the brakes at yellow My hand flew to the dash Seat belt caught me at the shoulder There was no one coming fast You said, “Easy, light was changing” I laughed like it was nothing But my pulse was in my throat Before the car had even slowed Spent the rest of that short drive Watching every moving wheel Nothing happened My body didn’t care [Pre-Chorus 4] [Noise pressure rises; breath cuts short] Every muscle got the message No one sent Before I knew where I was I was braced again [Chorus 8] [Massive 4/4 half-time impact; full-band stop after the title] Crash position Chin down, shoulders locked Holding every breath for impact Long after the shaking stopped Every silence is a siren Every turn, something coming I got out of what had hurt me But my body stayed inside it [Verse 2 12] [Return to lurching 7/8; clipped self-vocals enter] Kitchen window caught the cabinet Made it slam against the frame I was standing before I knew it Trying to reed your face You said, “Wind, that’s all it was” I checked your voice for something else Then an unknown number called me I pictured everybody hurt Let it ring into the voicemail It was time to clean my teeth You put one hand on my shoulder I was already out of reach [Pre-Chorus 4] [Guitar chugs tighten around the lead] Nothing broken Nobody gone Still my body Sounded the alarm [Chorus 8] [Harsher guitars; chopped vocal fragments crowd the pocket] Crash position Chin down, shoulders locked Holding every breath for impact Long after the shaking stopped Every silence is a siren Every turn, something coming I got out of what had hurt me But my body stayed inside it [Break 4] [Seat-belt-click percussion over bass feedback] [Drums repeatedly prepare to hit, then disappear] [Verse 3 12] [Strip to dry lead and one low guitar pulse] Tonight a book fell from the dresser I woke folded on my side Forearms covering my temples Every tendon pulled tight You didn’t reach to touch me Just said, “You’re here with me” I named five things in the bedroom Till the room came back to me Then you asked what I was waiting for I almost said, “The door” A key turned hard inside a lock In a house that isn’t yours [Bridge 8] [Exposed vocal grows into grinding sustained chords] There was never one collision No twisted steel or glass Just years of reading weather From the way a doorway slammed I didn’t leave in an ambulance I left when I was grown But part of me stayed folded In a house I don’t liv in anymore [Final Chorus 12] [Steady 4/4; guitars sustain instead of choking] [Open cymbals and complete vocal tails] Crash position I can feel it when it starts Chin down, breath gone Every muscle going hard But the crash is not still happening This is where I am It kept me safe when I was little I can put down both my hands Let the next sound be a sound Let the next turn be a turn I got out of what had hurt me Tonight I lower both my hands [Outro 4] [Guitars withdraw; steady bass and kick remain] You brake at the next light My hand stays in my lap Green We go [End][End][End]
