Track Insight / Lyrics
Meter runs on borrowed time
Fare box rattles, nickels shine
Wheels kiss curb on midnight rounds
Know every pothole, every sound
Basement shift, the wheels don't turn
Pages breathe where motors burn
Pedal steel cries through the stacks
Ghost of fares on vinyl tracks
Basement shift, we wait it out
Silence screams without a shout
Chain rings quiet on cement floor
Stacks stretch deep past any door
Tires cold on marble tile
Reading dust by diesel mile
Basement shift, the wheels don't turn
Pages breathe where motors burn
Pedal steel cries through the stacks
Ghost of fares on vinyl tracks
Basement shift, we wait it out
Silence screams without a shout
Proverb says the road don't lie
But down here there's no open sky
Meter frozen, flag pulled down
Deepest garage in this town
Basement shift, the wheels don't turn
Pages breathe where motors burn
Pedal steel cries through the stacks
Ghost of fares on vinyl tracks
Basement shift, we wait it out
Silence screams without a shout
Harmonica moans through card catalog
Upright bass walks like a tired dog
Two souls stuck where sunlight died
One drove cab, one tried to ride
Spokes catch light from emergency sign
Archive hums on borrowed time
When morning cracks the sidewalk seam
We'll ride out like a fever dream
Basement shift, the wheels don't turn
Pages breathe where motors burn
Pedal steel cries through the stacks
Ghost of fares on vinyl tracks
Basement shift, we wait it out
Silence screams without a shout
Basement shift, the night is ours
Counting miles and counting hours
Engine cools on concrete veins
Morning breaks the grates above