Now We Can See

The Thermals Now We Can See Lyrics
1.When I Died

The Earth was too hot,
the air was too thin
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
I crawled to the sea
that was crawling from me
so I could swim...
yeah, so I could swim!

I was sick of the land
I was sick from the heat
I was sick of the sun
and the sky and the trees
Over the air that I needed to breathe
When I held with my hands
When I walked on my feet

I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
Started shedding my arms
To start getting my fins
Crawled to the sea
that was calling for me
so I could swim, swim the ocean wide
I was only just past the riptide
When I died
When I died

Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing my spine
I was sick with (?) and my curtain fell
It's the end of the story I was certain to tell
Watching their faces as they pulled me from the sea
Feeling for the place I thought my gills would be

Busted and wrecked
Justly infected
My body beyond repair
Had no objection sir
My only questions were
Where do I go and will I know when I'm there
But I really couldn't say that I cared
When I died
When I died

Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing, yeah!, my spine

The Earth was too hot,
the air was too thin
I took off my clothes
I took off my skin
I crawled to the sea
that was crawling from me
so I could swim...
yeah, so I could swim!

When I died
When I died
Yeah when I died
My head did swell
I said to myself
Nature should take its sweet time
I was already losing, yeah!, my spine


2.We Were Sick

We were sick!
We were sick at the talk!
So far from where we started,
too far along to stop!

We were sick!
We were sick at the thought!
We never lose our grip,
and end up sick at the bottom!

Fed on the dirt!
Laid on the land!
Never gave a day away!
Never gave a damn!

Read all we could!
Shed all we had!
Every dirty germ
another lesson that threads into man!

We were sick!
We were sick at birth!
Stuck around, had our fun!
Stuck a fork, we were done!

We were sick!
We covered the earth!
Us and all our friends,
and anyone getting us medicine!

Fed on the dirt!
Laid on the land!
Never gave a day away!
Never gave a damn!

Read all we could!
Shed all we had!
Every dirty germ
another lesson that threads into man!

We were sick!
Sick in the brain!
Too young to kill
Too old to contain!

Stick out our tongue catchin the acid rain!
We were high! We were alive! We were sick!

Never pure, Never aware
Never a cure, Never a care
Never a need, Never a damn, the legacy!

We were sick!
Sick in the brain!
Too young to kill
Too old to contain!

Stick out our tongue catchin the acid rain!
We were high! We were alive! We were sick!
We were high! We were alive! We were sick!


3.I Let It Go

I was lost, I was hurt,
I was trapped out at sea..
I was swimming in circles of circles
in the last place I wanted to be.

I was holding on to a love I knew so long
I thought it must be keeping me afloat
Only when I was down,
Only when I was drowning..
did I finally see your hands on my throat

I looked my fear in the eyes!
Looked at the water below!
I knew I could love or live!
I let it go!
I let it go!

I walked in the dark, I walked in the rain
I walked for miles and miles and years,
and all I knew was heartache and pain..

I was weighted with the hate I held so long
I thought it must be guiding me home..
Only when I was lost, only when I was crossed
did I finally see it left me all alone.

I looked my fear in the eyes!
Looked at the cold ground below!
I knew I could love or die!
I let it go!
I let it go!

I looked my fear in the eyes!
Looked at the cold ground below!
I knew I could love or die!
I let it go!
I let it go!

Four on the floor!
Two in the air!
Out of the sand, out of the sky!
Into the flow!

I looked my fear in the eyes!
Looked at the cold ground below!
I knew I could love or die!
I let it go!
I let it go!


4.Now We Can See

We were born in the desert,
we were reared in a cave..
We conquered in the sun,
but we lived in the shade
Yeah baby we were savage..
we existed to kill..
Our history is damaged,
at least it was a thrill!

But now we can see!
Now that our vision is strong,
we dont have to admit we were wrong!
Now we can see,
but the images don't stick!
Our enemies lay dead on the ground,
and still we kick!

Now we can see!
The warnings and the signs..
Reading between the lines like writing on the wall!
Now we can see!
What do we need?
We should need nothing, nothing at all!

We were born on an island,
we grew out of the sand..
Never saw another creature,
never knew another man..
Yeah baby we were nothing,
we existed for less!
Our present was empty,
our history a mess!

but now we can see!
Now we do as we please!
Now we do away with our disease!
Now we can see!
Now the image sticks!
We still need the medicine quick!
We still take the pill,
but only for the fix!
Now we can see!
The warnings and the signs..
Reading between the lines like writing on the wall!
Now we can see!
What do we need?
We should need nothing, nothing at all!


5.At The Bottom Of The Sea

The air isn't thin
The air isn't thick
The air isn't anything
It doesn't exist
It's not what we need
At the bottom of the sea

The light is gray
The light is rare
It barely touches us
It's barely there for me
At the bottom of the sea

And I'm barely there for you

And I'm barely there for you

I will never come up
I will never compare
Wind to the sand
Water to air
It's not what I want
It's what I need

The love is near
I hear it speak
It's in my sight
But just out of reach
It slips from my hand
Just like it did on the land

And I'm barely there for you

And I'm barely there for you

I will never come up
I will never compare
Wind to the sand
Water to air
It's not what I want
It's what I need

For the air
For the light
For the love
Is barely there for me
At the bottom of the sea
For the air
For the light
For the love
Is barely there for me
It's not what I want

For the air
For the light
For the love
Is barely there for me
It's what I need


6.When We Were Alive

We closed our minds
We shut out traps
We built a house
The house collapsed
We sold the wood
And bought the farm
Now we got a place
In the dirt
In the backyard

We were stronger alive
We always smote our foes
Won in a landslide
Ran unopposed
Piss drunk on power and cheap wine
We used to waste the world
Just to waste our time

Now the spirit is strong
But the flesh is weak
Death is long
The living are laughing
Spit on our grave, we don't mind
We're bad as ash
You should've seen us in our prime

When we were the earth
When we were alive
When we were the rules
When we were the ends
Yeah we were fools
But I still had my friends

We couldn't stay
We didn't try
We didn't cry
When we were alive
When we were alive


7.I Called Out Your Name

Under the sky, the cold morning light,
I called out your name.
With nothing I could feel
Nothing I knew was real
I called out your name
Vision a blur, voice in a slur, crying in the rain
One thing I knew, baby it was you.
I called out your name.

I was dreamin of a place where my body never aged,
I called out your name.
I was dreamin of a time when I never lost my mind,
I called out your name.
My vision turned the threat, I woke up in a sweat,
feeling my spirits drain!
One thing I knew baby it was you.
I called out your name.

I was feelin so old, my body so cold,
Only you I needed to see.
I had fallen so low, you were all I had known
I had to love before I had to leave!

I was feelin so old, my body so cold,
Only you I needed to see.
I had fallen so low, you were all I had known
I had to love before I had to leave!

Under the sky, the cold morning light
I called out your name.
With nothing I could feel,
Nothing I knew was real,
I called out your name.
My time was running out!
Still I had to shout, I held my refrain! Whoa!
One thing I knew, baby it was you!
I called out your name.


8.When I Was Afraid

Time kept me line
Kept me defined
It kept me safe when I was afraid

Kept me in line
Kept me defined
It kept me sane when I was afraid

Counting the days
Pacing the sky
Holding every breath I had left in time

Gravity, I can't forget
You saved my hide a thousand ways
Gravity, I can't forgive
You let me go
I fell away when I was afraid

Falling away
Out into space
Losing all my breath when I was afraid

Love, it held me near
You held me close
I couldn't die when I was afraid
You held me close
I couldn't die
I couldn't live when I was afraid

Counting the days
Pacing the sky
Holding every breath I had left in time

Fear was mine
Fear was by my side
It kept me well
Hell, it kept me alive
I counted days as they faded away
I only felt sane when I was afraid

Fear was mine
Fear was by my side
It kept me well
Hell, it kept me alive
I counted days as they faded away
I only felt sane when I was afraid


9.Liquid In,Liquid Out

Liquid In, Liquid Out
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about

Liquid In, Liquid Out
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about

Saturate, fill me up
Liquidate, empty my cup
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about

Salivate, ring the bell
Clean the plate, my slate as well
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about


Drank the sun, drank the rain
Down the river, down the drain
I never went, I never went without

Liquid In, Liquid Out
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about

Drank the sun, drank the rain
Down the river, down the drain
I never went, I never went without

Liquid In, Liquid Out
It's what my life was all about
It's what my life was all about, it was all about


10.How We Fade

I've seen a ceiling of screens
Shaped like clouds in the sky
I saw a wall, it was all between me
And where I'll lie
I laid on a bed with my head
Spinning zero and one into two
Dreaming of you
And how we fade

I laid in a shower of color and numbers
And numbers and words
I opened my eyes and my ears and my eyes
And I saw and I heard
I opened my mouth, nothing came out
Nothing at all I could do
Dreaming of you
Dreaming of you
And how we fade
And how we fade

Dreaming of you
And how we fade

I dug a hole
It was only as deep
As the ground I had known
I fell asleep
Just so I wouldn't be left to die all alone
I opened my mouth, hoping to shout
Hoping the words were true
Dreaming of you
Dreaming of you

I've seen a ceiling of screens
Shaped like clouds in the sky
I saw a wall, it was all between me
And where I'll lie
I laid on a bed with my head
Spinning zero and one into two
Dreaming of you
And how we fade


11.You Dissolve

You dissolve
It's just another way you exist,
It's just another way you survive,
It's just another way you dissolve

You dissolve!
It's the only way you depart,
It's the only way you operate
It's the only way you dissolve
You dissolve!
You dissolve!

You dissolve
It's just another way you decieve
It's just another way you can leave
It's just another way you dissolve Into steam
You dissolve like a dream

You dissolve!
It's just another way
You dissolve!
It's just another way
You dissolve!
it's just another way
You dissolve mmmm you dissolve
You dissolve!