Track Insight / Lyrics
Salt crust sits on beveled glass
Dawn paints gray on ferrous brass
Chain lies slack on barnacled beam
No ferry whistle cuts the dream
Tick tock walks the empty dock
Seconds scrape against the rock
Hands sweep slow through salt and air
Nobody's waiting, nobody's there
Gulls scream loud like fryer alarms
Morning breaks in grease and charms
Timetable's wet, the ink gone run
Last boat left before the sun
Tick tock walks the empty dock
Seconds scrape against the rock
Hands sweep slow through salt and air
Nobody's waiting, nobody's there
Stem winds stiff with rusted thread
Memories of wrists long dead
Quarter past three, the usual crew
Dockhands checking watches too
Fog lifts slow like steam off grill
Time stands still but keeps the bill
Brass don't rust, it just gets seasoned
Dawn gets served, not reasoned
Chain catches light, a copper flash
Tide turns hard, pulls back the ash
Bench stays empty, wood turns gray
Another dawn, another day
Tick tock walks the empty dock
Seconds scrape against the rock
Hands sweep slow through salt and air
Nobody's waiting, nobody's there
Case snaps shut on morning's order
Brass keeps time across the water
Regulars know the special's free
Dawn serves coffee, dark as me
Tick tock walks the empty dock
Seconds scrape against the rock
Hands sweep slow through salt and air
Nobody's waiting, nobody's there
Brass keeps ticking, dawn don't care
Order up, the tide is turning
Brass keeps burning, brass keeps burning