Track Insight / Lyrics
Chrome grille trembles in cold diesel rain
Pink bleed paints the wet asphalt plane
Rat darts past a dumped takeout tray
I catch the glint of his eyes, gray
Steady beam, I hold the line
Through grime and grease, through trash and time
No badge, no gun, just glass and wire
Burning quiet, a watchman's fire
Dealer slides a packet, quick and low
Buyer counts crumpled bills, head bowed slow
I paint their faces, pale and sharp
Before they melt back to the dark
Steady beam, I hold the line
Through grime and grease, through trash and time
No badge, no gun, just glass and wire
Burning quiet, a watchman's fire
Couple argues by a dented sedan
She throws a ring, he don't give a damn
Gold catches brief in my narrow cone
Then bounces lost where the sewers groan
Steady beam, I hold the line
Through grime and grease, through trash and time
No badge, no gun, just glass and wire
Burning quiet, a watchman's fire
Battery drains, my lumen sags
Leslie rotor slows, brass flags
But the watchman taps my copper side
Says one more hour, boy, ride the tide
Dawn bleeds gray through the smog lid
Junkie nods on a broken skid
I flicker once, then hold on true
This alley's mine, I see it through
Steady beam, I hold the line
Through grime and grease, through trash and time
No badge, no gun, just glass and wire
Burning quiet, a watchman's fire
Steady beam, yeah, steady beam
I'm the eye that don't need sleep
Hammond fades on a last low note
Watchman clips me to his coat
