Track Insight / Lyrics
You cast your line where currents turn
The bridge lights flicker, slow to burn
Your boat rocks gentle on the swell
You know these waters, known them well
Bridge keeper standing through the night
Mist rolls thick and blocks the light
You hold the line, you hold the strain
Till morning breaks the river's chain
The Hammond hums from shore side bar
You watch the headlights from your car
No catch tonight but that's alright
You're part of river, part of night
Bridge keeper standing through the night
Mist rolls thick and blocks the light
You hold the line, you hold the strain
Till morning breaks the river's chain
Old lamp keeper used to say
The bridge holds fast come what may
Now you're the one who keeps the watch
While tide rolls in and tide rolls off
Bridge keeper standing through the night
Mist rolls thick and blocks the light
You hold the line, you hold the strain
Till morning breaks the river's chain
Fog horn moans a low lament
Steel cables groan, the girders bent
But you stay put, you don't leave
This span's your church, this span's your creed
Dawn paints gray on rusted rail
Your nets come up empty, pale
But still you smile, still you stay
The bridge, the mist, another day
Bridge keeper standing through the night
Mist rolls thick and blocks the light
You hold the line, you hold the strain
Till morning breaks the river's chain
Bridge keeper standing through the night
You are the light, you are the light
Mist lifts slow from iron span
You reel in line, a quiet man
