Track Insight / Lyrics
Iron keys sleep under vine
Brass arms rust where salt winds pine
Ribbon dried to brittle thread
Ink wells cracked and long since bled
Workshop roof lets winter in
[Pre-
Fingers remember every strike
Bell returns on carriage hike
Paper yellow, edges curled
Stories wait in weed-strewn world
Typewriter sings in overgrown yard
Each clack a tide mark, pulled and scarred
No lighthouse beam to guide the page
Just ivy crawling round the cage
Words still rise from rusted stage
Morning dew on platen glass
Typebars stuck in grass and moss
Capital A leans left and slow
Period buried deep below
Shift key frozen, heavy, cold
[Pre-
Fingers remember every strike
Bell returns on carriage hike
Paper yellow, edges curled
Stories wait in weed-strewn world
Typewriter sings in overgrown yard
Each clack a tide mark, pulled and scarred
No lighthouse beam to guide the page
Just ivy crawling round the cage
Words still rise from rusted stage
Spider webs on carriage track
Moths eat ribbons, front and back
Space bar sinks in loam and clay
Margin bells don't ring today
Carriage return won't find its way
Typewriter sings in overgrown yard
Each clack a tide mark, pulled and scarred
No lighthouse beam to guide the page
Just ivy crawling round the cage
Words still rise from rusted stage
Storm logs typed in fading black
Ship names, dates, no turning back
Keeper's hand shook on the keys
Wind howled through the chimney trees
Light went out at quarter three
Typewriter sings in overgrown yard
Each clack a tide mark, pulled and scarred
No lighthouse beam to guide the page
Just ivy crawling round the cage
Words still rise from rusted stage
Now I press a key and wait
Dust flies up from metal plate
Single letter, crooked, faint
Like a signal, paint to paint
Backyard holds what time won't taint
Typewriter sings in overgrown yard
Each clack a tide mark, pulled and scarred
No lighthouse beam to guide the page
Just ivy crawling round the cage
Words still rise from rusted stage
Ribbon turns, the message stays
Salt air types its final phrase
