Track Insight / Lyrics
Transformer hums a low deep note
Rust eats the bolts on the mooring rope
Mercury shakes in the cold glass vein
Dawn cracks the sky like a window pane
[Pre-
Fog horn bleeds across the grey water
Timetable flaps on the empty quarter
No wheels turn on the ramp today
Just me and the gulls in the spray
Salt on the glass wears the color thin
I watch the day let the night back in
Ferry sits still on the slack tide line
My glow's the only working sign
Peeling paint on the diner wall
Coffee steam rises slow and tall
Short order cook flips a greasy egg
Stove pipe coughs a black smoke leg
[Pre-
Fog horn bleeds across the grey water
Timetable flaps on the empty quarter
No wheels turn on the ramp today
Just me and the gulls in the spray
Salt on the glass wears the color thin
I watch the day let the night back in
Ferry sits still on the slack tide line
My glow's the only working sign
Circuit box sings a tired hymn
Voltage drops when the day grows dim
I've burned through winters, thirty-three
Keeper's log got no use for me
Salt on the glass wears the color thin
I watch the day let the night back in
Ferry sits still on the slack tide line
My glow's the only working sign
First truck engine coughs to life
Headlights cut the morning knife
Driver checks his watch and spits
Tire crunches on the gritty bits
Salt on the glass wears the color thin
I watch the day let the night back in
Ferry sits still on the slack tide line
My glow's the only working sign
Ramp chain rattles, the boat wakes up
Diesel coughs in a black smoke cup
Schedule moves, the dock gets loud
I dim my tubes, shrink in the cloud
Salt on the glass wears the color thin
I watch the day let the night back in
Ferry pulls off on the turning tide
My glow rests quiet, deep inside
Buzz fades slow on the morning wind
Salt on the glass, the day begins
