Track Insight / Lyrics
You drive the night shift, fog on the windshield
The meter ticks slow, no fare to be found
A pale moth settles on the cold rail
Wings like old receipts, torn and worn down
Pale wing, don't you know the train comes soon?
Pale wing, the fog will swallow you whole
You rest on steel that hums a low tune
But the whistle blows, shakes your fragile soul
I've seen you there at the yard's edge
While the city sleeps, you keep your vigil
Your dusty coat catches the sodium glow
A tiny ghost in a world of steel
Pale wing, don't you know the train comes soon?
Pale wing, the fog will swallow you whole
You rest on steel that hums a low tune
But the whistle blows, shakes your fragile soul
The dispatcher's voice crackles through the night
But you don't answer, you don't take flight
You cling to the bolt, the rust, the cold
Waiting for a dawn that's never told
Fog lifts slow, the rails start to gleam
The morning shift wakes the diesel dream
You flutter once, a breath in the air
Then vanish like a prayer
I pull away, the meter resets
Another fare, another silhouette
But I'll remember the moth on the track
Pale wings, no fare, no way back
Pale wing, don't you know the train comes soon?
Pale wing, the fog will swallow you whole
You rest on steel that hums a low tune
But the whistle blows, shakes your fragile soul
Now the sun climbs over the yard
The moth is gone, the fog pulled hard
I drive the streets with a story to tell
Of a pale wing that knew the rail well
Pale wing, don't you know the train comes soon?
Pale wing, the fog will swallow you whole
You rest on steel that hums a low tune
But the whistle blows, shakes your fragile soul
Pale wing, you're gone but not forgotten
Just a breath on the wind, wings of cotton
