Track Insight / Lyrics
Grease trap gurgles, coffee burns
Clock hits three, the regular returns
Through the window, past the diner sign
White wings hover on the ferry line
Pale moth guards the misty pier
Night shift ends but he stays near
Bay water licks the wooden post
Cook pours coffee, burns the toast
Moth don't order, don't complain
Just keeps vigil in the rain
Fog horns moan from Alcatraz
Pale dust shimmers where he stays
Pale moth guards the misty pier
Night shift ends but he stays near
Bay water licks the wooden post
Cook pours coffee, burns the toast
Flip eggs, wipe the steel down clean
Watch him circle, never seen
Regulars laugh at my quiet stare
They don't see the guardian there
Fog lifts slow, the bay turns blue
Guard duty done, the night shift through
Tomorrow brings the same routine
Moth on rail, me on machine
Twenty years I've worked this grill
Moth showed up when time stood still
Dawn broke cold the day she drove off
Pale wings came the night she drove off
Pale moth guards the misty pier
Night shift ends but he stays near
Bay water licks the wooden post
Cook pours coffee, burns the toast
Dawn breaks pale through bay window glass
Moth folds wings, lets night shift pass
I lock up, wipe my hands on jeans
Guardian rests on wooden beams
Pale moth guards the misty pier
Night shift ends but he stays near
Bay water licks the wooden post
Cook pours coffee, burns the toast
Pale wings fold on morning rail
Night shift done, the coffee's pale