Dry leaves scrape the curb like bones
Iron gate stands watch alone
Meter reads zero, no fare to pay
Night shift ends at break of day
Blood orange moon climbs steep and high
Pumpkin grin lights up the sky
Gate screams shut on rusted hinge
Halloween don't need no fringe
Witch hazel blooms in gutter cracks
Black cats arch their weathered backs
No GPS for where we go
Just bones and breath and undertow
Blood orange moon climbs steep and high
Pumpkin grin lights up the sky
Gate screams shut on rusted hinge
Halloween don't need no fringe
Steering wheel wears grooves from palms
Calm before the midnight psalms
Radio plays static hymns
Ghost fares pay in carved pumpkin rinds
Blood orange moon climbs steep and high
Pumpkin grin lights up the sky
Gate screams shut on rusted hinge
Halloween don't need no fringe
Skeleton keys don't fit these locks
Time holds its breath between the ticks
Candy corn grows like broken teeth
Sweet rot hiding underneath
Fare box rattles loose change songs
Dead miles roll where living belongs
No receipt for passages
Just dust and moon on broken glass
Dawn peels paint from orange sky
Meter resets, the gate swings wide
Driver lights his last cigarette
Night forgets what night has met
Blood orange moon climbs steep and high
Pumpkin grin lights up the sky
Gate screams shut on rusted hinge
Halloween don't need no fringe
Halloween don't need no fringe
Halloween don't need no fringe
Meter clicks zero, engine dies
Blood moon watches, never lies