Cold wind bites through a heavy coat
Tying lines on a wooden boat
Ferris wheel stands like a frozen bone
Standing here in the gray alone
The tickets are gone
The gates are locked tight
Waiting for dawn
Under the night
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Cold wind blowing through my messy hair
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Finding something that was never there
Cotton candy and the salted brine
Walking slow on a rusted line
Empty booths where the prizes sat
Tattered felt on a sailor's hat
The tickets are gone
The gates are locked tight Waiting for dawn
Under the night
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Cold wind blowing through my messy hair
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Finding something that was never there
Oil stains on a concrete floor
Locking up the heavy iron door
Coffee black in a plastic cup
Watching all of the fog roll up
Turn the wheel and feel the gear
Everything is crystal clear
Break the lock and run the track
Never once are we looking back
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Cold wind blowing through my messy hair
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Finding something that was never there
October leaves on a ticket booth
Telling me a bitter kind of truth
The ride is dead and the power is low
Nowhere left for the crowd to go
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Cold wind blowing through my messy hair
Screaming metal in the autumn air
Finding something that was never there
Steel and rust
Steel and rust Check the tide
Check the tide