Track Insight / Lyrics
Meter clicks on Beacon Hill
Autumn wind cuts sharp and still
Watcher waits where mortar fails
Black water hides beneath the rails
Beneath the bricks a pool lies deep
Old secrets that the stones still keep
One man stands with patient eyes
Counting seconds, telling lies
Fare dropped off at Park Street station
Rain slicks the cobblestone foundation
He don't blink when headlights sweep
Knows the rhythm, knows the creep
Wool collar turned against the gust
Twenty years of tires and dust
Seen the city swallow men
Watch them vanish, watch them bend
Beneath the bricks a pool lies deep
Old secrets that the stones still keep
One man stands with patient eyes
Counting seconds, telling lies
Steam rises from the grated cover
Taxi engine starts to shudder
Meter runs but wheels don't turn
Lesson every driver learns
Water remembers what we forget
Debts get collected, debts get met
Passenger taps glass, asks why wait
Driver smiles, accepts his fate
Some fares you drive, some drive you
Boston bricks see right on through
Beneath the bricks a pool lies deep
Old secrets that the stones still keep
One man stands with patient eyes
Counting seconds, telling lies
Beneath the bricks the water waits
For the hand that seals the gates
Meter drops, the night shift ends
Beneath the bricks the water waits