Track Insight / Lyrics
My cab sits parked on deck plate steel
No streets to cruise, no rubber wheel
The meter's stuck on midnight fare
No passenger waiting there
Silver needle in the hangar bay
Points to home but home's away
Spin it slow, let the magnet decide
Where the ghost of gravity hides
I've hauled dreamers to the launchpad gate
Watched them rise to meet their fate
Now I'm grounded in this tin can deep
Counting hours, counting sleep
Silver needle in the hangar bay
Points to home but home's away
Spin it slow, let the magnet decide
Where the ghost of gravity hides
The compass case is scratched and worn
From pockets of the lost and torn
It don't need satellites to show
Which way the solar winds will blow
No traffic lights, no yellow lines
Just asteroid dust and vacant signs
But the needle knows the old road's curve
Every departure, every nerve
I'd trade this bay for a rainy night
Yellow cab and city light
But the stars don't care for driver's pay
They just spin in their silent way
Silver needle in the hangar bay
Points to home but home's away
Spin it slow, let the magnet decide
Where the ghost of gravity hides
So I'll keep this compass in my vest
A silver heartbeat in my chest
When the hangar doors finally groan
I'll know which way to drive home
Silver needle in the hangar bay
Points to home but home's away
Spin it slow, let the magnet decide
Where the ghost of gravity hides
Silver needle, guide me true
Through the black and back to you
Engine hums, the needle finds
Home is where the compass binds
