You pull the cab to curb at eight
Meter drops the night begins its wait
Fare asks for the corner by the park
Where iron stairs climb rusted in the dark
The chain unwinds link by link
Steel remembers how to shrink
Dusk arrives in copper light
Heavy falls become weightless flight
You watch the heavy anchor slip
Rust unravels from its iron grip
Summer dusk on fire escape
Shadows stretch in purple haze
Iron unspools through summer air
Landing soft without a care
You see the chain unwind link by link
Steel sighs heavy on the brickwork brink
Summer heat held fast through July days
Now dusk unlocks what sunlight stays
The chain unwinds link by link
Steel remembers how to shrink
Dusk arrives in copper light
Heavy falls turn feather light
You watch the heavy anchor slip
Rust unravels from its iron grip
Summer dusk on fire escape
Shadows stretch in purple haze
Iron unspools through summer air
Landing soft without a care
Heavy loads need chains that hold
But rust eats steel when nights get cold
You learn this driving streets for years
Nothing stays fixed nothing adheres
Twenty years of fares and rain
Teach you how the chains sustain
Until the night they don't hold fast
And heavy iron learns at last
Even anchors find the ground
Making peace without a sound
You watch the heavy anchor slip
Rust unravels from its iron grip
Summer dusk on fire escape
Shadows stretch in purple haze
Iron unspools through summer air
Landing soft without a care
Now the anchor rests on courtyard stone
Rust flowers bloom where steel has grown
You shift to drive the night rolls on
Another fare the night moves on
You watch the heavy anchor slip
Rust unravels from its iron grip
Summer dusk on fire escape
Shadows stretch in purple haze
Iron unspools through summer air
Landing soft without a care
Meter resets the night moves on
Another anchor finds the dawn