Track Insight / Lyrics
The projector rusts in coastal rain
Salt eats the lens and breaks the chain
Iron anchor drops in gravel deep
It holds the dark where shadows sleep
The tide comes in on reels of wire
No feature starts, no new attraction
The keeper watches embers expire
He knows the weight of holding fast
Iron anchor, heavy and cold
Sheltering stories never told
Beneath the screen where the light is gone
You carry the weight of the dawn
Speaker horns hang like dead jellyfish
Silent throats that cease to wish
The keeper logs the turning screw
One lamp to guide the harbor through
The tide comes in on reels of wire
No feature starts, no new attraction
The keeper watches embers expire
He knows the weight of holding fast
Iron anchor, heavy and cold
Sheltering stories never told
Beneath the screen where the light is gone
You carry the weight of the dawn
Twelve-string rings in the cabin room
Chasing out the projector gloom
Bass line walks on a wooden floor
Memories wash up on the shore
Iron anchor, heavy and cold
Sheltering stories never told
Beneath the screen where the light is gone
You carry the weight of the dawn
Prophet pads swell like ocean breath
Warming the bones of winter's depth
The anchor shines with a rusted grace
Holding its place in this quiet space
Iron anchor, heavy and cold
Sheltering stories never told
Beneath the screen where the light is gone
You carry the weight of the dawn
Storm hits the glass of the lantern room
Drive-in frame stands against the gloom
Keeper smiles at the flashing light
Anchor holds through the longest night
Iron anchor, heavy and cold
Sheltering stories never told
Beneath the screen where the light is gone
You carry the weight of the dawn
Iron anchor, home at last
The keeper's watch is finally past
Salt wind hums a low refrain
The light stays on through driving rain