thread the needle
🎵 1923 characters
⏱️ 3:37 duration
🆔 ID: 26418198
📜 Lyrics
I can draw the curtains
I can handle this
I can build a gleaming fortress Motel 6
I can keep my drinks down
So you cowards never guess
I can let the dark thoughts run like wild dogs
All day up in my head
Shovel sugar in my coffee
Nervous bitter sweat
I can tell the waitress things I can’t tell my friends
Like how sometimes I can see you
In people on the street
Missed connections in a desperate late night diner
In western Tennessee
I went down to your memorial last fall
Strung out in color on the pavement
I am ashamed I let your honesty embarrass me
And while I wish I could tell you
A couple things I hadn’t yet
All I can ever do is chase you on your 10 speed
Down Franklin towards the bridge
Never slow down, white knuckle angel
This is gonna take everything you have
One more day it tastes just like honey
Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
Thrown against the brick
I know you’ll stay true
Thread the needle
Cherry burned a hole into the back seat
Riding with my friends
It is the logic of our motion
That our means become our end
Its slayer on the speaker
Eyes trained for blue and red
Best just to duck behind the chemicals
Lay low and start again
Tattoo my name into your body
Even though we have just met
But this has been a strange 11 days
I don't want you to forget
Alien radio transmissions while I throw glass bottles out the window
The next time I reach this diner I will be traveling alone
I spy in horror, funnels forming
With my little bloodshot eye
We are too young and full of fight
To feel this dead inside
Push the needle ever faster to outrun
Purple west of Memphis skies
Pouring buckets and nameless counties
Pray the next one isn’t dry
Never slow down, white knuckle angel
This is gonna take everything you have
One more day it tastes just like honey
Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
Thrown against the brick
I know you’ll stay true
Thread the needle
I can handle this
I can build a gleaming fortress Motel 6
I can keep my drinks down
So you cowards never guess
I can let the dark thoughts run like wild dogs
All day up in my head
Shovel sugar in my coffee
Nervous bitter sweat
I can tell the waitress things I can’t tell my friends
Like how sometimes I can see you
In people on the street
Missed connections in a desperate late night diner
In western Tennessee
I went down to your memorial last fall
Strung out in color on the pavement
I am ashamed I let your honesty embarrass me
And while I wish I could tell you
A couple things I hadn’t yet
All I can ever do is chase you on your 10 speed
Down Franklin towards the bridge
Never slow down, white knuckle angel
This is gonna take everything you have
One more day it tastes just like honey
Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
Thrown against the brick
I know you’ll stay true
Thread the needle
Cherry burned a hole into the back seat
Riding with my friends
It is the logic of our motion
That our means become our end
Its slayer on the speaker
Eyes trained for blue and red
Best just to duck behind the chemicals
Lay low and start again
Tattoo my name into your body
Even though we have just met
But this has been a strange 11 days
I don't want you to forget
Alien radio transmissions while I throw glass bottles out the window
The next time I reach this diner I will be traveling alone
I spy in horror, funnels forming
With my little bloodshot eye
We are too young and full of fight
To feel this dead inside
Push the needle ever faster to outrun
Purple west of Memphis skies
Pouring buckets and nameless counties
Pray the next one isn’t dry
Never slow down, white knuckle angel
This is gonna take everything you have
One more day it tastes just like honey
Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
Thrown against the brick
I know you’ll stay true
Thread the needle
⏱️ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.47] I can draw the curtains
[00:03.36] I can handle this
[00:05.92] I can build a gleaming fortress Motel 6
[00:11.46] I can keep my drinks down
[00:13.89] So you cowards never guess
[00:16.83] I can let the dark thoughts run like wild dogs
[00:19.68] All day up in my head
[00:21.92] Shovel sugar in my coffee
[00:24.45] Nervous bitter sweat
[00:27.42] I can tell the waitress things I can’t tell my friends
[00:32.35] Like how sometimes I can see you
[00:35.06] In people on the street
[00:37.62] Missed connections in a desperate late night diner
[00:40.88] In western Tennessee
[00:42.87] I went down to your memorial last fall
[00:45.94] Strung out in color on the pavement
[00:48.64] I am ashamed I let your honesty embarrass me
[00:53.73] And while I wish I could tell you
[00:56.28] A couple things I hadn’t yet
[00:58.78] All I can ever do is chase you on your 10 speed
[01:02.36] Down Franklin towards the bridge
[01:04.34] Never slow down, white knuckle angel
[01:09.24] This is gonna take everything you have
[01:14.22] One more day it tastes just like honey
[01:19.06] Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
[01:22.27] Thrown against the brick
[01:24.14] I know you’ll stay true
[01:28.79] Thread the needle
[01:33.06]
[01:47.77] Cherry burned a hole into the back seat
[01:50.99] Riding with my friends
[01:53.02] It is the logic of our motion
[01:55.88] That our means become our end
[01:57.95] Its slayer on the speaker
[02:00.15] Eyes trained for blue and red
[02:02.59] Best just to duck behind the chemicals
[02:05.54] Lay low and start again
[02:07.29] Tattoo my name into your body
[02:09.73] Even though we have just met
[02:12.13] But this has been a strange 11 days
[02:15.27] I don't want you to forget
[02:16.83] Alien radio transmissions while I throw glass bottles out the window
[02:22.15] The next time I reach this diner I will be traveling alone
[02:27.61] I spy in horror, funnels forming
[02:30.53] With my little bloodshot eye
[02:32.48] We are too young and full of fight
[02:35.25] To feel this dead inside
[02:36.93] Push the needle ever faster to outrun
[02:39.81] Purple west of Memphis skies
[02:42.02] Pouring buckets and nameless counties
[02:44.49] Pray the next one isn’t dry
[02:46.47] Never slow down, white knuckle angel
[02:51.11] This is gonna take everything you have
[02:55.49] One more day it tastes just like honey
[03:00.09] Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
[03:03.44] Thrown against the brick
[03:05.13] I know you’ll stay true
[03:09.41] Thread the needle
[03:13.14]
[00:03.36] I can handle this
[00:05.92] I can build a gleaming fortress Motel 6
[00:11.46] I can keep my drinks down
[00:13.89] So you cowards never guess
[00:16.83] I can let the dark thoughts run like wild dogs
[00:19.68] All day up in my head
[00:21.92] Shovel sugar in my coffee
[00:24.45] Nervous bitter sweat
[00:27.42] I can tell the waitress things I can’t tell my friends
[00:32.35] Like how sometimes I can see you
[00:35.06] In people on the street
[00:37.62] Missed connections in a desperate late night diner
[00:40.88] In western Tennessee
[00:42.87] I went down to your memorial last fall
[00:45.94] Strung out in color on the pavement
[00:48.64] I am ashamed I let your honesty embarrass me
[00:53.73] And while I wish I could tell you
[00:56.28] A couple things I hadn’t yet
[00:58.78] All I can ever do is chase you on your 10 speed
[01:02.36] Down Franklin towards the bridge
[01:04.34] Never slow down, white knuckle angel
[01:09.24] This is gonna take everything you have
[01:14.22] One more day it tastes just like honey
[01:19.06] Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
[01:22.27] Thrown against the brick
[01:24.14] I know you’ll stay true
[01:28.79] Thread the needle
[01:33.06]
[01:47.77] Cherry burned a hole into the back seat
[01:50.99] Riding with my friends
[01:53.02] It is the logic of our motion
[01:55.88] That our means become our end
[01:57.95] Its slayer on the speaker
[02:00.15] Eyes trained for blue and red
[02:02.59] Best just to duck behind the chemicals
[02:05.54] Lay low and start again
[02:07.29] Tattoo my name into your body
[02:09.73] Even though we have just met
[02:12.13] But this has been a strange 11 days
[02:15.27] I don't want you to forget
[02:16.83] Alien radio transmissions while I throw glass bottles out the window
[02:22.15] The next time I reach this diner I will be traveling alone
[02:27.61] I spy in horror, funnels forming
[02:30.53] With my little bloodshot eye
[02:32.48] We are too young and full of fight
[02:35.25] To feel this dead inside
[02:36.93] Push the needle ever faster to outrun
[02:39.81] Purple west of Memphis skies
[02:42.02] Pouring buckets and nameless counties
[02:44.49] Pray the next one isn’t dry
[02:46.47] Never slow down, white knuckle angel
[02:51.11] This is gonna take everything you have
[02:55.49] One more day it tastes just like honey
[03:00.09] Just like the morning light, cut through the storm
[03:03.44] Thrown against the brick
[03:05.13] I know you’ll stay true
[03:09.41] Thread the needle
[03:13.14]