Thunderhearts was inspired by an LA Times article about the horticulturalist who preserved the lotus species of Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California. The song incorporates the imagery of the article in the lyrics.
After opening the glove compartment, he pulled out a hacksaw blade and stuck it...
[Verse 1]
I was wired, I was not myself
Between police and the Lotus bed
Echo Park sunset caught my eye
Figured it's worth a try
[Chorus]
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
[Verse 2]
Glove compartment, hacksaw blade
I walked down to the water's edge
With a t-shirt, through the crowd
My back-pocket concealed
[Chorus]
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
[Verse 3]
Five quick cuts from a single strand
Of tiny tubers from the tangle
Shoved them into my plastic bag
Security didn't see a thing
It's a crime but you know sometimes
You intervene or nature dies
You cut it off so it will live on
After you're gone
[Chorus]
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
I will find a way
I will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
Love will find a way
Love will find a way
(Love will find a way)
I won't let these thunderhearts ever break
(Love will find a way)
I won't be the same
I won't be the same
(Love will find a way)
We don't get
We don't get forever to change
Thunderhearts was written by Matt Maust & Cold War Kids & Nathan Willett & Matthew Schwartz & Joe Plummer & Dann Gallucci.
Thunderhearts was produced by Lars Stalfors & Dann Gallucci & Cold War Kids.
Cold War Kids released Thunderhearts on Sat Apr 18 2015.