Track Insight / Lyrics
Cook wipes grease from counter top
Coffee steam curls up and stops
Regulars laugh at short jokes told
Night shift stories bought and sold
Key traces edges, brass and bright
No lock receives its bite
Waltz time ticks at ninety-six
Platform dreams in gauge and fix
Key turns nothing, clicks and clicks
Cook flips eggs with wrist snap clean
Yolks run gold on white cuisine
Coffee black for table three
Pie slice sold for memory
Key traces edges, brass and bright
No lock receives its bite
Waltz time ticks at ninety-six
Platform dreams in gauge and fix
Key turns nothing, clicks and clicks
Bell dings sharp for order up
Regulars drain the bottom cup
Short joke lands, a laugh erupts
Grease rag snaps the night interrupts
Key traces edges, brass and bright
No lock receives its bite
Waltz time ticks at ninety-six
Platform dreams in gauge and fix
Key turns nothing, clicks and clicks
Dawn light paints the window wire
Fryer cools on dying fire
Last plate scraped and stacked in rhyme
Cook checks his watch, beats overtime
Key still turns in no-lock groove
Subway hums a low improv
Cook dreams brass in pocket deep
Wakes to grill and eggs to keep
No door needed, turns complete
Brass key rests on napkin square
Tip left behind, a copper prayer
Platform hollow, platform bare
Cook serves day with grease-stained care
Key traces edges, brass and bright
No lock receives its bite
Waltz time ticks at ninety-six
Platform dreams in gauge and fix
Key turns nothing, clicks and clicks
Brass key spins, the morning clicks
Brass key spins on cold tile
No door waits, but turns awhile
