Track Insight / Lyrics
Steam curls up from grates below
Token booths got nowhere to go
Gum-spotted tile holds my gaze
Rusted track sings midnight praise
I'm the keeper of the platform light
Swinging slow through 3
AM night
No fare to collect, no wheel to turn
Just watch the city breathe and burn
Watch the city breathe and burn
Coffee cup sits cold on bench
Newspaper folded, wrinkled trench
Fluorescent hum don't ask no why
Steel rails sleep, I testify
Rat drags crust past my fixed stare
Couple argues, going nowhere
Sole reflector on the yellow line
Every soul pays passing time
I'm the keeper of the platform light
Swinging slow through 3
AM night
No fare to collect, no wheel to turn
Just watch the city breathe and burn
Watch the city breathe and burn
Weather don't care who waits beneath
Concrete veins and iron teeth
Driver rests, but I stay lit
Guard the platform, guard the grit
First train shakes the dust awake
Commuters pour like coffee cake
My beam still cuts the morning gray
Another shift, another day
I'm the keeper of the platform light
Swinging slow through 3
AM night
No fare to collect, no wheel to turn
Just watch the city breathe and burn
Watch the city breathe and burn
Yellow beam holds tunnel dark
Meter's paid, no remark