Track Insight / Lyrics
Figure crouches by the water
Anomalous pool reflects no light
Wooden porch groans under pressure
Searching beams through stormy night
Taxman knows each street corner
Every fare tells different tale
This one pays no fare nor quarter
Just the hunt and pale detail
Porch light swings on rusted hinge
Thunder cracks the power lines
Stalker checks each splintered fringe
Where the anomalous water shines
Meter ticks without a rider
Storm don't care who pays the cost
Every porch a differentider
Every pool a line crossed
Flashlight beam cuts heavy rainfall
Illuminates the warped boards
No meter flag, no fare to call
Just silence cut by thunder chords
Driver watches from the shelter
Cab idles at the curb side
Lightning writes no helter skelter
Just the hunt and nowhere to hide
Porch light swings on rusted hinge
Thunder cracks the power lines
Stalker checks each splintered fringe
Where the anomalous water shines
Meter ticks without a rider
Storm don't care who pays the cost
Every porch a differentider
Every pool a line crossed
Hands probe gaps in ancient timber
Splinters draw no blood tonight
Water surface shows no glimmer
Just the storm's distorted light
Radio dispatches static
Voices lost in atmospheric
Driver's patience, automatic
Counting seconds, pragmatic
Porch light swings on rusted hinge
Thunder cracks the power lines
Stalker checks each splintered fringe
Where the anomalous water shines
Meter ticks without a rider
Storm don't care who pays the cost
Every porch a differentider
Every pool a line crossed
Something shifts beneath the surface
Not reflection, not the rain
Hunter pauses, loses purpose
Cabbie feels the pressure change
Wipers beat a steady tempo
Engine hums a low refrain
Storm and stalker, tempo
Both caught in the domain
Fare's paid in questions unanswered
Receipt written in water damage
Driver's seen the lost, the chanced
Every night shift brings the strange
No destination on the meter
Just the watching, waiting, ranging
Dawn breaks gray on wet asphalt
Figure rises, melting shadow
Cab pulls out, no sudden halt
Just another fare to follow
Pool stays anomalous and still
Porch light settles, power restored
Driver knows the road rules, will
Drive until the next call board
Porch light swings on rusted hinge
Thunder cracks the power lines
Stalker checks each splintered fringe
Where the anomalous water shines
Meter ticks without a rider
Storm don't care who pays the cost
Every porch a differentider
Every pool a line crossed
Rain stops. Meter reads zero.
Next fare waits on the horizon.
