Track Insight / Lyrics
Four miles out, the lamp grows thin
The harbor signs a slower spin
Old brass warms against your skin
A darkness gathers within
You trim the Ligustrum by the door
Old soil gives up its amber store
Across the bay, the harbor drains
The coastal quiet counts the days
Let the last light loosen, slow
Let the warning flicker low
You keep one root beneath the soil
And stubborn shoots begin to grow
You measure dusk in Fahrenheit
And coax the night to hold its weight
Each salt-struck bloom along the strand
Survives the pressure of the sea
Let the last light loosen, slow
Let the warning flicker low
You keep one root beneath the soil
And stubborn shoots begin to grow
You call the empty coast your loam
The wind has loosened every stone
But Pinus roots beneath the foam
Are holding fast where cracks have grown
Let the last light loosen, slow
Let the warning flicker low
You keep one root beneath the soil
And stubborn shoots begin to grow
You sift the warnings through your hands
The voltage hums beneath your skin
Like autumn slipping through the land
Awaiting buds the dark to win
Fourth-night silence starts to grow
Sea wind worries at the door
A green shoot answers, soft and slow
And splits the stone beneath the floor
You keep the final ember close
Like maple seeds beneath the snow
You let the darkness take its toll
While every waiting root still knows
Let the last light loosen, slow
Let the warning flicker low
The dark can take the edge, not all
Your buried garden still will grow
Before the glass gives up its white
The coast keeps breathing through the night
Small leaves unfurl in filtered light
And keep the stubborn roots in sight
