We crunch under your feet, we stones that roam the beach

Huddled smooth and shining, silencing your mind

And then you hold me in your hand and ask if you are the first

As if to be regarded is the part that gives me worth

I've been torn up by explosions

And I've flown through the black vacuum

Spat out of a mountain

Under siege by oceans

Now I lie with all my brethren

Shoulders softened by the sea

But this is all just temporary

Temporary, this is all just temporary

Temporary, this is all just temporary

You wanna take me home put me in your bathroom bowl

What if your sister saw – she's always been quite sure

The shore would get a little smaller, waves would take what's theirs

But don't worry bout me, I'm not the one who cares

I've been torn up by explosions

And I've flown through that black vacuum

Spat out of a mountain

Under siege by oceans

Now I lie with all my brethren

Shoulders softened by the sea

This is all just temporary

Temporary, this is all just temporary

Temporary, this is all just temporary

Diminishing to dust, so what's the difference where we are

I'd be the same, a grain of sand or planet plucking star

So take a breath and pump that thickened water round your flesh, but don't think that I care

My mother wiped out half the life down here.

I've been torn up by explosions

And I've flown in that black vacuum

Spat out of a mountain

Under siege by oceans

Now I lie with all my brethren

Shoulders softened by the sea

It's strange to think you feel relaxed round me

Will you throw me out or take me home?

Put me on your china throne

You're just electrifying specks of time to me

This all just temporary