Logbook open pencil blunt
Ink runs dry on midnight hunt
Dosimeter sings a steady song
Counting seconds counting wrong
Mist rolls thick off river water
Booth walls sweat like they oughta
Coins sit cold in copper tray
Relief driver stays away
Half-Life Toll on broken bridge
Geiger clicks on iron ridge
Rust eats steel and eats the soul
Collector waits to make it whole
Rain etches lines on plexiglass
Maps the years that come to pass
Uniform turned gray from blue
Faded patch says Sector Two
Mist rolls thick off river water
Booth walls sweat like they oughta
Coins sit cold in copper tray
Relief driver stays away
Half-Life Toll on broken bridge
Geiger clicks on iron ridge
Rust eats steel and eats the soul
Collector waits to make it whole
Shift change written in the dust
No boots crunch on metal crust
Logbook entry final line
Background rising feeling fine
Concrete pillars sink in silt
Dosimeter badge takes the guilt
No pension paid for glowing bones
Just a booth and clicking stones
Half-Life Toll on broken bridge
Geiger clicks on iron ridge
Rust eats steel and eats the soul
Collector waits to make it whole
Dawn breaks cold on concrete spine
Geiger clicks keep perfect time
Booth door opens no one leaves
Dust settles on empty sleeves
Half-Life Toll on broken bridge
Geiger clicks on iron ridge
Rust eats steel and eats the soul
Collector waits to make it whole
Geiger clicks the final toll
Silence takes the booth whole