Track Insight / Lyrics
Cobblestones drink the night's last dew
My oilcloth wraps the steel so true
No gulls cry here, no bell buoy's call
Just dome tops waking through the pall
The blade drinks oil like thirsty sand
Each stroke removes a monster's brand
Dawn lifts the veil on Spanish Steps
I watch the square forget its debts
Silver on stone in morning hush
Wipe the dark clean with steady brush
The cafes sleep, the fountain sleeps
I keep the watch the monster keeps
Rag turns black with griffin bile
Same rhythm as the lantern oil
Thumb tests the edge for knicked steel
Like checking lens for cracks unreal
The blade drinks oil like thirsty sand
Each stroke removes a monster's brand
Dawn lifts the veil on Spanish Steps
I watch the square forget its debts
Silver on stone in morning hush
Wipe the dark clean with steady brush
The cafes sleep, the fountain sleeps
I keep the watch the monster keeps
Striga screamed beneath the Forum arch
My silver answered, sharp and harsh
Now cotton pulls the ichor clear
No salt spray stings the atmosphere
Silver on stone in morning hush
Wipe the dark clean with steady brush
The cafes sleep, the fountain sleeps
I keep the watch the monster keeps
A baker rolls his shutter up
Flour dusts his wooden cup
First espresso steams the air
I sheath the blade with practiced care
Silver on stone in morning hush
Wipe the dark clean with steady brush
The cafes sleep, the fountain sleeps
I keep the watch the monster keeps
Thirty years I trimmed the wick
Watched the beam cut storm waves thick
Now I guard a different shore
Where monsters walk on marble floor
Silver on stone in morning hush
Wipe the dark clean with steady brush
The cafes sleep, the fountain sleeps
I keep the watch the monster keeps
Silver on stone, the watch I keep
Silver on stone, while city sleeps
Oilcloth folded, tin put by
Another dawn, another sky
