The Clincher

Chevelle

Touch
I'll stand for nothing less
Or never stand again
These are the limits when one's buried
This body's left the soul

Could we have known?
Never would I, helped to nail down

Careful of drifting off
Now losing taste and touch
Turning a pale blue, leaning in to say
This body's left the soul

The brain needs oxygen
Can't sneak around this bait
His catacomb has got me by the chin
This body's left the soul

Could we have known?
Never would I, helped to nail down
With nothing to gain
Here's the clincher
This should be you

Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
And touch

Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
The earth

Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
The earth

Well, could we have known?
Never would I, helped to nail down (I'll stand for nothing less)
With nothing to gain
Here's the clincher
This should be you made cold and crippled

This happened to be never changing
Holding inside (or never stand again)
The phobia viewed made cold and crippled
Ending it all

Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate
The earth

Now saturate
Now saturate
Now saturate


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The Clincher Lyrics as written by Peter Loeffler Joseph Loeffler

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    Pete Loeffler, the lead singer, talks about this song on the DVD side of This Type of Thinking (Could Do Us In) and expresses that it is about his claustrophobia.

    AshleEeEy73on April 26, 2011   Link

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