Track Insight / Lyrics
Fluorescent signs awake at night
Washing windows with their light
Dryer doors are breathing steam
Every drum begins to dream
Neon signs are bending blue
Coins inside my coffee cup
One white shirt is hanging loose
Someone left their window up
Still, the dryers knock like drums
As the midnight laundromat hums
Midnight in the laundromat
Clothes are turning, wheels stay hot
I can hear the dryers talk
Turning shirts around the clock
I was folding all my doubt
Then your blue sock found me out
Porcelain sinks are holding light
Steam draws maps across the glass
Paper sleeves are circling white
Every crease is taking less
Rinse cycles ripple in the dark
Like a river finding marks
Midnight in the laundromat
Clothes are turning, wheels stay hot
I can hear the dryers talk
Turning shirts around the clock
I was folding all my doubt
Then your blue sock found me out
Fluorescent moon above the floor
Warms the baskets by the door
Yellow towels are climbing high
Like a hill against the sky
In the mirror, I look twice
Finding courage in your eyes
Midnight in the laundromat
Clothes are turning, wheels stay hot
I can hear the dryers talk
Turning shirts around the clock
I was folding all my doubt
Then your blue sock found me out
I was raised on hymn-book light
Every Sunday, holding tight
Now the dryer holds my breath
And your warmth outlives the rest
When the buzzer finally rings
I will meet whatever brings
By the vending machine you stand
Coins illuminate your hand
Light pools gently on your face
Resting warm inside this space
Every truth I never said
Lives inside a buttoned thread
By the dryer, nearly done
I keep reaching for the sun
Midnight in the laundromat
Clothes are turning, wheels stay hot
I can hear the dryers talk
Turning shirts around the clock
I was folding all my doubt
Then your blue sock found me out
Midnight in the laundromat
Clothes are turning, wheels stay hot
I can hear the dryers talk
Turning shirts around the clock
I was folding all my doubt
Then your blue sock found me out
And the night begins to fly
As the morning, soft and new
Coins go home inside my coat
Warm machines hum past the door
Nothing leaves the quiet floor
I keep one love note in my pocket full of more