Track Insight / Lyrics
You sit on rusted railings, dusk descending
The Opera House glows amber, sails suspended
Your carriage sticks on letters, salt-corroded
Each keystroke tastes like brine and ozone loaded
Ribbon and salt, you write what the tide told
Ribbon and salt, stories the waves unfold
Typebars strike thunder against the harbor wind
Letters lost, but the rhythm never ends
Ferry horns answer back in low frequencies
Your ribbon frays where the sea breeze seizes
QWERTY layout maps the sandstone cliffs
Each sentence drifts where the current lifts
Ribbon and salt, you write what the tide told
Ribbon and salt, stories the waves unfold
Typebars strike thunder against the harbor wind
Letters lost, but the rhythm never ends
Carbon paper copies the harbor's grey
Your platen turns but the words won't stay
The bridge lights flicker, a steel cathedral
You type prayers that the wind makes lethal
Ribbon and salt, you write what the tide told
Ribbon and salt, stories the waves unfold
Typebars strike thunder against the harbor wind
Letters lost, but the rhythm never ends
Midnight chimes from St Mary's stone tower
Your ink runs dry at the witching hour
But dawn brings paper, fresh and uncreased
The typewriter wakes, the hunt increased
Ribbon and salt, you write what the tide told
Ribbon and salt, stories the waves unfold
Typebars strike thunder against the harbor wind
Letters lost, but the rhythm never ends
Ribbon and salt, the only script you know
Ribbon and salt, where the wild words go
Ribbon and salt, forever ribbon and salt
