Track Insight / Lyrics
**Target Duration:** [3:30 – 4:
**Lyrics:**
Meter reads zero, bridge in view
She wipes the formica, steam curls slow
The bridge looms pale in Geiger glow
Her apron wears the coffee stain
She counts each click like falling rain
The mist holds secrets, she knows the pain
Old drivers' ghosts ride home again
Bridge keeper watches, bridge keeper waits
The counter clicks, the mist abates
No fare tonight, no meter runs
Just radioactive suns
She serves the dark, the damaged ones
The pie sits cooling on the rack
No customers to pay the tab
Her fingers trace the chipped rim twice
A habit learned from dice
Old drivers know the price
They paid it once, they paid it twice
Bridge keeper watches, bridge keeper waits
The counter clicks, the mist abates
No fare tonight, no meter runs
Just radioactive suns
She serves the dark, the damaged ones
The dosimeter ticks her sleeve
She reads the numbers, don't believe
In panic spread by suited men
She's watched the zone since way back when
Her hands are steady, even then
She knows the half-life of a friend
Bridge keeper watches, bridge keeper waits
The counter clicks, the mist abates
No fare tonight, no meter runs Just radioactive suns
She serves the dark, the damaged ones
A trucker's ghost sits stool three four
He vanished years before the war
She pours two cups, one black, one sweet
For phantom hands and phantom feet
The bridge don't judge, the bridge don't cheat
It only counts the steady beat
Bridge keeper watches, bridge keeper waits
The counter clicks, the mist abates
No fare tonight,
