Track Insight / Lyrics
You coil the rope on splintered cleat
Dawn paints the water gray and sweet
The ferry rests on slack tide's breath
Empty decks hold foam and depth
First light hits the empty ferry deck
No whistle blows, no docking speck
Just you and gulls and waking sky
The morning shift goes drifting by
You own this light, you own this sea
This dawn was made for you and me
Your boots know every worn plank's song
Six years of tides, you've watched them long
The pilot house holds coffee steam
Black as the hull, strong as a dream
Glockenspiel chimes from shore side park
While double bass hums low and dark
Your fingers trace the nylon string
A deckhand's hymn to morning's wing
First light hits the empty ferry deck
No whistle blows, no docking speck
Just you and gulls and waking sky
The morning shift goes drifting by
You own this light, you own this sea
This dawn was made for you and me
Tourists come with noon's loud cheer
But dawn belongs to you right here
No schedule printed, no clock to punch
Just water, light, and morning's hunch
The griddle's hot, the orders wait
Soon the cars will line the ramp
Engines cough and diesel damp
But now you own this quiet hour
Light on water, hour by hour
First light hits the empty ferry deck
No whistle blows, no docking speck
Just you and gulls and waking sky
The morning shift goes drifting by
You own this light, you own this sea
This dawn was made for you and me
Coil the rope, the day begins
First light ferry, you win
