Stitched in hide and dyed in brown
Watching fog descend on town
Salted wood and rusted nail
Scent of iron, scent of shale
Sallow moss on granite stone
Waiting here and all alone
Scylla's breath is cold and grey
Holding on to yesterday
I am the grip on a cold iron rail
Waiting for a ghost of a white linen sail
Tanned in the sun and worn by the spray
Watching the bay turn to silver and grey
Sallow weeds in salty mud
Rooted deep in winter blood
Sedge and rush along the shore
Counting waves and wanting more
I am the grip on a cold iron rail
Waiting for a ghost of a white linen sail
Tanned in the sun and worn by the spray
Watching the bay turn to silver and grey
Rough grain skin and heavy seams
Thicker than a dreamer's dreams
Cured in oil and pressed in tight
Clinging to the edge of night
Salty crust on every fold
Stories that the currents told
Patience like a dormant seed
Giving everything I need
Copper bells and distant horns
Resting where the shoreline mourns
Sallow leaves on willow boughs
Keeping all my leather vows
I am the grip on a cold iron rail
Waiting for a ghost of a white linen sail
Tanned in the sun and worn by the spray
Watching the bay turn to silver and grey
Tanned hide ties and salty air
Waiting for the one who's there
Silver and grey
Salty and grey