You rock slow on weathered slats
Harbor wind cuts through your coat
Ferry wakes cut silver paths
Opera sails catch final light
Salt sits heavy on your tongue
Choir breath rises in your chest
Dusk settles like a held note
Sydney lights swim in the dark
Bridge steel hums a quiet spark
Memory and tide align
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Eucalyptus shadows stretch
Creaking wood marks passing hours
City glow begins to catch
Window squares in distant towers
Salt sits heavy on your tongue
Choir breath rises in your chest
Dusk settles like a held note
Sydney lights swim in the dark
Bridge steel hums a quiet spark
Memory and tide align
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Altos hum beneath your ribs
Hymn fragments drift on cooling air
No organ, choir, or wooden ribs
Just wind and water's patient prayer
Sydney lights swim in the dark
Bridge steel hums a quiet spark
Memory and tide align
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Ferry horn calls low and long
Answered by a distant bell
You know this song, you know it wrong
Some chords you never learned to spell
Sydney lights swim in the dark
Bridge steel hums a quiet spark
Memory and tide align
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Stars prick holes in navy cloth
Southern Cross tips sideways down
Rocking chair holds what you've got
Harbor keeps what you let drown
Sydney lights swim in the dark
Bridge steel hums a quiet spark
Memory and tide align
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Harbor dusk keeps perfect time
Rock slow. Breathe. The night arrives.