Track Insight / Lyrics
In shadow-drenched alleys where neon signs sputter
A silver locket guards secrets in my pocket
Compass needle spins, no true north to follow
Each step a gamble in this city's cruel hollow
Bad habits cling like barnacles on a hull
Every dawn a struggle to recall what's real
Twilight's false promises, headlights and taillights,
A revolving door to nowhere, just a mile higher
Shadowed faces pass like ghosts in mirrors
In this labyrinth of lost souls, I wander, forever
Heartbeats in the dark, like a metronome
We're vessels for the storm, drifting, unmoored
Yet in the eye of the tempest, a compass I hold
A stubborn spark within me refuses to grow cold
I've lost count of nights, huddled in doorways cold
Each morning, a flicker of resolve takes hold
The silence screams, a void that echoes my name
But still I keep on moving, a rat in a maze,
Hunter and prey at once, in this endless game
Heartbeats in the dark, like a metronome
We're vessels for the storm, drifting, unmoored
Yet in the eye of the tempest, a compass I hold
A stubborn spark within me refuses to grow cold
Industrial machinery screams in the distance
Factory scrubbers scour the air like a prisoner's breath
Gears grind, pistons piston, a mechanical heart
Drowning all thoughts, a vice on my chest, I depart
Riffs shred through the subterranean night
Guitar heroics, a miner's claim to light
Heartbeats in the dark, like a metronome
We're vessels for the storm, drifting, unmoored
Yet in the eye of the tempest, a compass I hold
A stubborn spark within me refuses to grow cold
In the ferry dock's lonely light, the compass gleams
A beacon for the wanderer on the city's gleaming seams
Through alleys and canyons, it points my way
Forward, onward, steel, resolute, come what may.
