Brass keys turn in a heavy lock.
Counting beats on a wooden clock.
Small hands shaking in the midnight air.
Copper wires tangled in my hair.
Light up the road by the salty sea.
Set all the frozen minutes free.
Gold on the bridge where the headlights glow.
Watch how the heavy seconds flow.
Oil on my thumb and a silver pin.
Let the coastal midnight rush begin.
Screws turning tight in a rusted shell.
Ringing out like a Sunday bell.
Light up the road by the salty sea.
Set all the frozen minutes free.
Gold on the bridge where the headlights glow.
Watch how the heavy seconds flow.
Salt spray hitting on the concrete wall.
Watching the heavy evening fall.
I fix the gear and I wind the spring.
Hear how the metal cables sing.
Light up the road by the salty sea.
Set all the frozen minutes free.
Gold on the bridge where the headlights glow.
Watch how the heavy seconds flow.
Glass bulbs humming in a steady row.
Wait for the traffic light to go.
Hymns in my head from a churchyard pew.
Painting the overpass a golden hue.
Cold wind blowing through a denim sleeve.
Something the city won't believe.
One last click and the timing is right.
Turning the dark into sudden light.
Light up the road by the salty sea.
Set all the frozen minutes free.
Gold on the bridge where the headlights glow.
Watch how the heavy seconds flow.
Hold the light.
Hold the light.
Tick tock, gold light.
