Track Insight / Lyrics
You steer the night through rain-slick avenues
The meter clicks a rhythm that you know
A ceramic mug rides shotgun, steaming blue
Its handle hooked on copper wire glow
Ceramic quarter spins in neon jaws
Synth chords bleed from cabinets like wine
You sip the dark while Pac-Man chews the walls
The high score flashes: one more turn, one time
The fare was silence, paid in dashboard light
You drove the loop where subway rumbles deep
Now Donkey Kong climbs girders through the night
Your coffee cools where pixel dreams sleep
The owner swears the machine ate his ring
You laugh a gravel cough, adjust the mirror
Galaga formations dance and sing
The mug stays warm, the night gets stranger, nearer
Ceramic quarter spins in neon jaws
Synth chords bleed from cabinets like wine
You sip the dark while Pac-Man chews the walls
The high score flashes: one more turn, one time
Frogger hops across the dashboard cracks
You pour the dregs in saucers, cold and thin
The sunrise paints the windshield gold and black
Another shift begins where dreams begin
The arcade exhales, power humming low
You wipe the rim, leave quarters on the glass
Tomorrow's fares will ask which way to go
You'll tell them: follow where the synth chords pass
Ceramic quarter spins in neon jaws
Synth chords bleed from cabinets like wine
You sip the dark while Pac-Man chews the walls
The high score flashes: one more turn, one time
Ceramic quarter spins in neon jaws
The mug still steams when morning claims the town
Meter off, the ceramic quarter spins
You drive the dawn where pixel morning begins
