Track Insight / Lyrics
You wipe the rail with calloused hand
First light paints the empty strand
No cars wait in the queue today
Just gulls and foam and salted spray
Slip light hits your weathered face
Morning finds its resting place
Deckhand stands where shadows fell
Dawn writes stories only you can tell
Thermos clicks against the rail
Black coffee cuts the morning pale
You've hauled the nets through darker nights
Now harbor holds the fading lights
Regulars would call this luck
No trucks to load, no schedule stuck
Just you and water, steel and sky
The calmest watch you'll ever ply
Slip light hits your weathered face
Morning finds its resting place
Deckhand stands where shadows fell
Dawn writes stories only you can tell
Fry cook dreams in grease and grain
But you know freedom's not a chain
No ticket punched, no bell to ring
Just open water, wind, and wing
Tide turns slow beneath the keel
Another day, another deal
You light a smoke, check engine hum
Morning breaks and soon you'll run
Slip light hits your weathered face
Morning finds its resting place
Deckhand stands where shadows fell
Dawn writes stories only you can tell
First light calls you from the slip
Freedom tastes like salt on lip
Engine turns, you cast the line
Another crossing, another time
