Track Insight / Lyrics
You sit where the porch boards sag low
Mosquitoes hum a tune you know
Trench coat dust smells of rain and oil
Bayou wind kicks up red soil
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Gator eyes glow near the cane
You watch the water turn to ink
No badge tonight, just time to think
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Cicadas saw through heavy air
Your boots rest on a splintered chair
Case file folded in your coat
Fireflies write notes you never wrote
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Gator eyes glow near the cane
You watch the water turn to ink
No badge tonight, just time to think
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Spanish moss drapes like wet gauze
You count the bites on your forearms
Bourbon sweats in a mason jar
Distant thunder rolls like a car
The lamp room taught you how to wait
Through squall and calm, keep the flame straight
Here the dark don't need a lens
Just patience where the current bends
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Gator eyes glow near the cane
You watch the water turn to ink
No badge tonight, just time to think
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Night heron cries from cypress crown
You peel the label, drink it down
Badge stays cold against your chest
Bayou takes the morning shift
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
Gator eyes glow near the cane
You watch the water turn to ink
No badge tonight, just time to think
Porch light swings on a rusted chain
The bayou keeps what you can't name
Cypress knees drink slow tea
Porch light swings, sets you free
