Track Insight / Lyrics
You pace the boards where the timetables fade
Ink-stained paws on the bills unpaid
Diesel cough shakes the window glass
You blink slow as the moments pass
Depot cat, you keep the night
Green eyes cut through the pale light
No train comes, but you stay put
Guardian of the soot and shut
Mice scatter when your shadow falls
Between the spines of forgotten walls
A station master's phantom pours tea
You drink the steam, wild and free
Depot cat, you keep the night
Green eyes cut through the pale light
No train comes, but you stay put
Guardian of the soot and shut
Peeling paint curls like old rope ends
Your tail a metronome, dividends
Of patience paid in dust and grain
You own the platform, you own the rain
Depot cat, you keep the night
Green eyes cut through the pale light
No train comes, but you stay put
Guardian of the soot and shut
Wind howls through the signal tower
You count each passing, hollow hour
No lantern sweeps, no foghorn blows
Just the rhythm of your repose
Morning cracks the slate-grey sky
A whistle screams, the rails reply
You stretch once, then vanish deep
Where the paper archives sleep
Depot cat, you kept the night
Green eyes cut through the pale light
No train came, but you stayed put
Guardian of the soot and shut
Harpsichord fades like a lantern's breath
You dream of fish in the cold sea depths
