Track Insight / Lyrics
You count the coins where cold air settles deep
The brass plate gleams while city towers sleep
Your fountain pen scratches ledger pages thin
Salt stains the cuff where lantern glass has been
The bridge sighs low beneath your steady hand
Archive dust settles on the iron band
No ships arrive to flash their lantern codes
Just catalog cards and heavy midnight loads
Felt dampers mute the upright in the hall
Brush strokes the snare, a slow and velvet crawl
The saxophone breathes through a muted bell
You stamp the date where no one comes to tell
The bridge sighs low beneath your steady hand
Archive dust settles on the iron band
No ships arrive to flash their lantern codes
Just catalog cards and heavy midnight loads
Tide charts yellow in the drawer below
Wind shifts the weather vane, a creaking blow
You trim the wick though no tower stands above
Just filing cabinets and quiet love
The bridge sighs low beneath your steady hand
Archive dust settles on the iron band
No ships arrive to flash their lantern codes
Just catalog cards and heavy midnight loads
Morning pulls the shade across the reading room
The toll booth empties as the commuters bloom
You lock the ledger, slide the bolt across
Another night accounted for, no loss
The bridge sighs low beneath your steady hand
Archive dust settles on the iron band
No ships arrive to flash their lantern codes
Just catalog cards and heavy midnight loads
Salt & paper, the only tide you know
The lamp burns low, the lamp burns low
