Track Insight / Lyrics
I hung beneath the station bench
With pockets full of sandy weight
One zipper caught a scrap of ink
A folded note beside the gate
It smelled of salt and winter smoke
The paper hummed, "Don't disappear"
I found a note inside my coat
A stranger's heart held in my throat
It said, "I've gone, but I remain"
Come find me when the evening's cold
One little line cut through the dark
And brought your voice back to the spark
I kept it where my linings tear
Beside a thread of copper wire
The words wore smooth from stormy air
And made the empty tunnel fire
I've held the ships and crossed the foam
But never carried words like home
I found a note inside my coat
A stranger's heart held in my throat
It said, "I've gone, but I remain"
Come find me when the evening's cold
One little line cut through the dark
And brought your voice back to the spark
Then footsteps stopped beside the pier
A hand slid underneath the door
The note was trembling in the air
As if it sensed the ache before
She read my worn and careful lines
And tears fell through the salt and signs
I watched her shoulders start to shake
The paper trembled with her breath
A keeper's warnings fade to dust
When someone finally comes to rest
She pressed the note against her chest
And stitched me gently to her dress
The lamp went out across the bay
The cello turned a warmer key
The note caught light along the way
And pulled the silence close to me
For forty years I kept the door
But she had brought me back ashore
Now harbour dust refreshes me
While linen hearts hold warmth like skin
I carry voices crossing streets
Where empty windows let her in
The note still whispers, "You are known"
And every stranger walks me home
I found a note inside my coat
A stranger's heart beat in my throat
It said, "I've gone, but you remain"
Now light me through the evening's cold
One little life rewrote the dark
And left a human hand-built spark
She walks beneath the waking lamp
I hold the night inside my seam
The harbour hums around our steps
And I am not alone with dreams
