Track Insight / Lyrics
You flutter near the piling lights
Salt wind tears your paper wings
Harbor clock strikes two AM
Gull cries cut the diesel hum
Rope fibers catch your dusty legs
Tar scent rises from the dock
Fluorescent buzz dies overhead
You beat against the wooden planks
Coffee steam rises from my grill
I wipe the counter, watch you still
Fryer grease pops in morning dark
You're just a shadow, tiny spark
Pale wings caught in harbor gusts
Salt spray kisses fractured dust
Dawn will break the midnight hold
Your story written brave and bold
Wind sings through the pier's steel ribs
No lantern guides your fragile trip
Regulars laugh at booth three
They don't see you fighting free
Eggs flip slow on carbon steel
You dance where land meets rolling swell
Sunrise paints the water gold
Your wings unfold, a story told
Pale wings caught in harbor gusts
Salt spray kisses fractured dust
Dawn will break the midnight hold
Your story written brave and bold
Wind sings through the pier's steel ribs
No lantern guides your fragile trip
Every beat against the grain
Writes a verse in salt and rain
Tangled threads give way to sky
Hook and line cut loose and fly
Morning horn blows long and low
You're the only show I know
Dishwater runs cold and gray
You ride the breeze toward the bay
Salt crust cracks on weathered wood
Flight path carved where dreamers stood
No net to catch, no jar to keep
Just open air and water deep
Last pancake served on chipped white plate
You rise beyond the harbor gate
Wings that caught the night now gleam
Caught in light, no longer seam
Cook turns off the grill behind
Pale wings lost but never blind
Pale wings caught in harbor gusts
Salt spray kisses fractured dust
Dawn will break the midnight hold
Your story written brave and bold
Wind sings through the pier's steel ribs
No lantern guides your fragile trip
Foot stomps fade on worn pine boards
Pale wings rise toward the stars
