Track Insight / Lyrics
The wind came rolling down the stair
And took my umbrella from the air
It snapped like canvas, ribs aglow
Then opened black as wells below
Trimmed the wick on Tuesday dawn
Trimmed the brass till silver shone
Salt bit rust beneath the door
Left my sea words on the floor
Take this turned umbrella, throw
Blow my careful life ago
On the cliff where drowned lights glow
Past the keepers all below
Packed my yellow oilskin coat
Set my compass by the boat
Boxed the maps with careful twine
Marked the harbor, drew a line
Still, your mug sits by the door
Where you left it years before
Take this turned umbrella, throw
Blow my careful life ago
On the cliff where drowned lights glow
Past the keepers all below
Storm took paint from schoolhouse rails
Bought new masts for fishing pails
Desks lie sunk beneath the silt
No child answers from the hill
Take this turned umbrella, throw
Blow my careful life ago
On the cliff where drowned lights glow
Past the keepers all below
My ribs are wire, black and bare
Fingers tangled in my hair
Rain taps one small refrain
Storm drums strike the windowpane
Call me shelter, call me bane
Call me shelter through the rain
Rust drums rain across the sill
Old waves climb the hollow hill
Hold the wreck inside your hand
Storm-turned ribs, a broken fan
Take this turned umbrella, throw
Blow my careful life ago
On the cliff where drowned lights glow
Past the keepers all below
Take this turned umbrella, throw
Let me chase what time outgrew
On the cliff where drowned lights glow
Past the keepers all below
The last lamp fades from ocean blue
Old homes vanish where breakers grew
Your umbrella opens wide
Over graves and highways wide
