Track Insight / Lyrics
Meter's off and the night is slow
Down the ramp where the archives go
Smell of paper, smell of pine
Boat sits still in the fluorescent line
Wooden boat comes apart in the dark
Pages swell and they leave their mark
Sinking stacks in the archive deep
Driver knows secrets that the waters keep
Planks are parting at the seam
Glue gives up on a paper dream
Twine unwinds from the keel to bow
Water whispers, let it go now
Wooden boat comes apart in the dark
Pages swell and they leave their mark
Sinking stacks in the archive deep
Driver knows secrets that the waters keep
Fare was knowledge, paid in dust
Wood rots slow but paper trusts
Grandpa said, dry land don't last
Watch the water rising fast
Wooden boat comes apart in the dark
Pages swell and they leave their mark
Sinking stacks in the archive deep
Driver knows secrets that the waters keep
Prophet pads swell, the bass walks deep
While the boat surrenders to its sleep
No fare collected, no meter run
Just water rising, getting done
Brass stabs cut the humid air
Twelve-string chimes beyond repair
Boat becomes a book I read
Stories floating, unbound, freed
Wooden boat comes apart in the dark
Pages swell and they leave their mark
Sinking stacks in the archive deep
Driver knows secrets that the waters keep
Sinking stacks, yeah, the waters keep
Sinking stacks, in the archive deep
Meter off, engine cool
Basement boat, no driving rule