Lyrics
That '98 Corolla key sits on the sill.
Third week of October, the air gets that pulp-mill chill.
You put your whole damn weight on it, a clean, intentional break,
Heard the cylinder seize up for goodness sake.
[Chorus]
And thank you for the kindness of torque.
Thank you for the groan of the cheap metal fork-
ing into a shape that would never turn again.
The end.
[Verse 2]
The dashboard lights went dead, a failed S.O.S.
My own blood pressure reading was a clinical mess.
Now I sleep through the night, don't listen for the engine's whine,
Just the 4 AM foghorn from the shipping line.
[Chorus]
And thank you for the kindness of torque.
Thank you for the groan of the cheap metal fork-
ing into a shape that would never turn again.
The end.
[Bridge]
"This whole thing's a compound fracture," you said.
The cold brass smell of it stuck in my head.
A perfect machine we were killing with care.
[Chorus]
So thank you for the kindness of torque.
Thank you for the groan of the cheap metal fork-
ing into a shape that would never turn again.
The end.
[Outro]
A kindness of torque.
It would never turn again.
About Kurt Cohan
Kurt Cohan grew up in the shadow of a Port Angeles pulp mill, spending his youth studying old medical textbooks and his nights learning to play a beat-up Fender Mustang. Now, living in Seattle and working as a hospital janitor, he writes songs like a coroner's report, dissecting the decay of his hometown and the anxieties of the human body. His music is the sound of a clinical diagnosis turning…
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