Track Insight / Lyrics
Copper gears drink midnight oil
Zinc roofs swallow Seine's cold breath
My thumbs trace each trembling coil
Paris dreams in slate and depth
Balance wheel swings slow and true
Night keeps time for me and you
Brass and stone hold midnight down
Taxi wheels kiss cobblestone
Hands that wind the sleeping town
Know the roads that lead back home
Meter runs on borrowed time
Every fare pays for the climb
Rain writes maps on windshield glass
Wipers beat like second hand
Fare sits quiet, lets moments pass
Meter ticks through boulevard
I know each crack in Place Vendôme
Where time wears down to chrome and bone
Mainspring unwinds in velvet case
Tour Eiffel flashes white and gold
Master sleeps, leaves dust to chase
I count beats the city told
Jewels glow red in lantern light
Second hand cuts through the night
Brass and stone hold midnight down
Taxi wheels kiss cobblestone
Hands that wind the sleeping town
Know the roads that lead back home
Meter runs on borrowed time
Every fare pays for the climb
Cobblestones remember wheels
Gear teeth remember winding keys
Both measure what the night conceals
Both wait for dawn to break the freeze
One drives the dark, one holds the hours
Both navigate by borrowed stars
My hands know grease and graphite dust
My hands know rain and exhaust trust
We both serve the turning screw
We both chase the morning through
Terrace watches, meter waits
Time keeps running, no debates
Brass and stone hold midnight down
Taxi wheels kiss cobblestone
Hands that wind the sleeping town
Know the roads that lead back home
Meter runs on borrowed time
Every fare pays for the climb
Brass and stone, we keep the time
Escapement clicks, the night goes on
Paris breathes in brass and stone