Track Insight / Lyrics
Morning coffee steams beside the iron rail
The brass tube catches light, turns pale and frail
I served the beam at Pointe du Raz for years
Now Paris rooftops fill my sight with tears
The focus ring gives way with quiet sigh
Salt-crusted threads let go, no reason why
The view expands then fractures into shards
A thousand chimneys, zinc and slate regards
Brass telescope unwinds above the grey rooftops
The brass gear strips, the focus gone, it stops
I watch the Seine reflect the city lights
The city hums through long Parisian nights
Pigeons scatter when the lens drops down
The Eiffel spine wears sunset like a crown
I grind the gears with thumb worn rough by brine
But brass remembers only ocean time
The focus ring gives way with quiet sigh
Salt-crusted threads let go, no reason why
The view expands then fractures into shards
A thousand chimneys, zinc and slate regards
Brass telescope unwinds above the grey rooftops
The brass gear strips, the focus gone, it stops
I watch the Seine reflect the city lights
The city hums through long Parisian nights
The terrace stones are cold against my boots
I track a barge that pushes downstream roots
No foghorn sounds, just sirens, distant, low
The telescope unwinds, lets city go
Brass telescope unwinds above the grey rooftops
The brass gear strips, the focus gone, it stops
I watch the Seine reflect the city lights
The city hums through long Parisian nights
A tourist couple asks the price of glass
I smile, recall the storms I watched amass
The keeper's trade is watching, not the thing
The brass unwinds, the city starts to sing
Brass telescope unwinds above the grey rooftops
The brass gear strips, the focus gone, it stops
I watch the Seine reflect the city lights
The city hums through long Parisian nights
Night falls hard on Mansard roofs and slate
The telescope gives up its fixed estate
I pack the brass in velvet, lined with salt
Another watch complete, another halt
Brass telescope unwinds above the grey rooftops
The brass gear strips, the focus gone, it stops
I watch the Seine reflect the city lights
The city hums through long Parisian nights
Brass telescope unwinds, the watch is done
Paris lights blur into one
