Track Insight / Lyrics
Salt crusts the bolts where I sleep
Fog eats the Golden Gate whole
No bowl of cream, no hand to keep
Just gulls that scream, I watch them roll
Calico fog, I wait, I stay
Three-colored coat turns gray today
Bay don't care if I live or die
But I'll outlast the turning tide
Pier planks groan under boot heels
Tourists snap photos, then they leave
I sharpen claws on rusted steel
Salt wind cuts deep, I don't grieve
Calico fog, I wait, I stay
Three-colored coat turns gray today
Bay don't care if I live or die
But I'll outlast the turning tide
Sardine tins glitter in the mud
I lap the oil, thick and sweet
No stained glass saints, no holy blood
Just fog horn hymns on repeat
Calico fog, I wait, I stay
Three-colored coat turns gray today
Bay don't care if I live or die
But I'll outlast the turning tide
Night falls, the pier lights flicker on
Shadows stretch long on the deck
I curl up tight, my breath a song
No fear in this wrecked calico speck
Calico fog, I wait, I stay
Three-colored coat turns gray today
Bay don't care if I live or die
But I'll outlast the turning tide
The fog lifts. I'm still here.
Three colors, one life, still here.
