[Verse] I found a rose that smells like wet copper Poked it till the thorns drew red The well behind me coughs up rusted rain "Tell her tomorrow's only today" [Pre-Chorus] Gravel crunches under boots on wet grass No stars above this concrete shed floor Just a fridge hums, eating up the light And the smell of damp wool and old pennies [Chorus] Grip the earth while she watches from the rim Thorns in my palm, rust where it lands My prickly thumb, the whole world in my hands I made you a planet from the garden dirt (Prickly thumb) (Prickly thumb) [Guitar Break] [Verse 2] I paint the sky with a bucket of red paint She laughs and says the well reflects her face The rain comes down like snapping wire But I never lose my grip on this dream [Bridge] Thrust the soil into the muddy air Spin the globe until it stops in her eyes A plastic dinosaur drowns in the sand I call it a country, she calls it my hand [Chorus] Grip the earth while she watches from the rim Thorns in my palm, rust where it lands My prickly thumb, the whole world in my hands I made you a planet from the garden dirt (Prickly thumb) (Prickly thumb) [Post-Chorus] Prickly thumb Prickly thumb I hold the world till my knuckles go rust [Outro] The well remains open beneath the shed roof The rose thorns still bite into my skin (She sees blood where the red paint dried) (It was never a flower — only rust)
