Track Insight / Lyrics
Slide guitar hums, moonlit shadows play
Harmonica whines, gravel crunches gray
Poolside vigil, lonely boy blue
Watching worlds awake beyond his view
Exhaust fumes, diner heat, endless night
Coffee fuels his dreams, a solitary plight
He leaves the lights on for the ones unseen
In this city's cold, his heart still warm and keen
He spots a pair and holds his breath
Footsteps fade, his hope retreating death
He wishes more were passing by
A fleeting touch to ease his lonely sigh
City lights, a slumbering queen
Golden webs his isolation screens
Desire swims in the neon sea
For just one glance of company
He sees a girl, wild hair in flight
Chasing moonbeams, streaking past his sight
She should be with him, holding close
Instead he's watching through the night's cold rose
A passing couple, hand in hand
He wants to call out, "Wait, you're his band!"
Their laughter echoes, his heart beats fast
A touch, a smile, would make this lonely past
City lights, a slumbering queen
Golden webs his isolation screens
Desire swims in the neon sea
For just one glance of company
In the vast expanse of city's grasp
He's just a drop, a solitary splash
The pump organ moans, the slide wails high
As he remembers when his heart used to fly
In the diner's glow, he'll stay awake
Through the night's long, desperate shake
Just wishin' he could, just wishin' he could
Find his way to that warm, safe sound
City lights, a slumbering queen
Golden webs his isolation screens
Desire swims in the neon sea
For just one glance of company
As morning nears, his resolve falters
The city stirs, the sun parts the curtains
He'll face another day of endless drift
A pawn of loneliness, a city's unwitting rift
City lights, a slumbering queen
Golden webs his isolation screens
Desire swims in the neon sea
For just one glance of company
Slide guitar fade, harmonica sighs
The boy turns in, the city's eyes
Die slowly, moonbeams lose their haze
As he faces dawn in his desolate daze.
