Track Insight / Lyrics
Fog rolls thick past Alcatraz
Lantern lens wipes clean the glass
Moth lands soft on weathered rail
Pale wings folded, frail and pale
Keep watch, little guardian
Bay don't care for wings or man
Light sweeps slow across the span
You're the only one who can
Salt crust builds on copper dome
Keeper's chair stays cold at home
Moth don't blink through wind and spray
Holds the night at end of day
Keep watch, little guardian
Bay don't care for wings or man
Light sweeps slow across the span
You're the only one who can
Ferry horn cuts through the grey
Marks the shift from night to day
Wings catch gold on leading edge
Promise kept on window ledge
Thirty years I trimmed the wick
Now the beam clicks automatic
Still I climb these iron rungs
Count the flashes, count the lungs
Tourists snap their phone-cam shots
Don't know the weight of salt and knots
Moth lifts off on morning breeze
Dancing past the cypress trees
Keep watch, little guardian
Bay don't care for wings or man
Light sweeps slow across the span
You're the only one who can
Logbook closed and pencil down
Last entry for this coastal town
Pale wings settle on my sleeve
Quiet watch I still believe
Keep watch, little guardian
Bay don't care for wings or man
Light sweeps slow across the span
We're the only ones who can
Fog rolls thick past Alcatraz
Moth and keeper, light remains