Track Insight / Lyrics
Frost etches deep the cobblestone
Lantern light dies all alone
Iron rooster wears a coat of white
Spins slow beneath the fading light
It points where no ship ever sails
Through frozen rain and winter gales
No beam to trim, no log to keep
Just shadows long and cold and deep
Snow packs the gutter, thick and gray
Muffles the cry of the faraway bay
Keeper watches from his window seat
Counts the turns, counts the street
It points where no ship ever sails
Through frozen rain and winter gales
No beam to trim, no log to keep
Just shadows long and cold and deep
Morning paints the metal rose and gold
Story of the North retold
No compass rose on alley wall
Just the vane that answers the call
It points where no ship ever sails
Through frozen rain and winter gales
No beam to trim, no log to keep
Just shadows long and cold and deep
Storm glass falls, the pressure breaks
Dawn arrives for keeping's sake
Rooster crows on rusted pin
North wind bites, but stays within
Keeper nods, the coffee steams
Wakes the house from winter dreams
Copper catches first pale ray
Guides the landlubbers on their way
It points where no ship ever sails
Through frozen rain and winter gales
No beam to trim, no log to keep
Just shadows long and cold and deep
Spins true on the alley stone
Keeper's heart has always known
