Track Insight / Lyrics
(Sparkling piano + pulsing bass, setting up the beat)
Dusk descends on the city streets
Neon lights flicker like a neon heartbeat
I'm the nightshift cook, savoring the heat
Of cafe coffee, greasy plates to clean
Regulars drift in like ghosts, each with a tale
Of love and loss, hope and failed flails
Summertime's slow dance, languid and low
I clock the hours, as the night wears on and grows
Fireflies fire in the greasy kitchen glow
I've seen it all, yet still the stories flow
Owl-like, I watch the world outside my windowpane
Tangled in rusty metal, just another stranded soul in this rain
Scavenging amidst sparks and dust and flickering neon light
We're just passing through the endless summer night
The diner's alive with whispers and laughter free
Lovebirds canoodling, the seat of destiny
Old-timers swapping war stories, or their made-up tales
Over coffee and pie, while I strip the pots and pans in vain
Outside, the city rumbles, addictive, passionate, and sweet
I'm stuck here, in this heat, as the seasons compete
Summertime's slow dance, languid and low
I clock the hours, as the night wears on and grows
Fireflies fire in the greasy kitchen glow
I've seen it all, yet still the stories flow
Owl-like, I watch the world outside my windowpane
Tangled in rusty metal, just another stranded soul in this rain
Scavenging amidst sparks and dust and flickering neon light
We're just passing through the endless summer night
In the lull between the rush, the cafe's empty space
I pour out my heart on the linoleum floor, a bitter, sweet grace
Rust and steel, grease and heat, hard-won, hard-lived pride
The stories, the secrets, the ghosts that won't subside
Owl-like, I watch the world outside my windowpane
Tangled in rusty metal, just another stranded soul in this rain
Scavenging amidst sparks and dust and flickering neon light
We're just passing through the endless summer night
(Fading piano chords, bass dropping out, then silence)
