Track Insight / Lyrics
Rain slicks the kevlar on my vest
Radio coughs a coded prayer
Midnight grants a moment's rest
Another hour lost to air
The alley holds its breath, waits
The patrol's heavy tread awaits
My fingers count the beads again
Worn smooth by midnight's weight
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
We count the hours in sodium rhyme
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
Our breath writes hymns on alley grime
Latin phrases rise from gutter grates
Where soprano once cut through smoke
The night watch holds its steady line
Radio breaks the fragile cloak
The alley holds its breath, waits
The patrol's heavy tread awaits
My fingers count the beads again
Worn smooth by midnight's weight
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
We count the hours in sodium rhyme
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
Our breath writes hymns on alley grime
Saxophone murmurs from the club
Brush snare whispers on the beat
Walking bass lines trace the curb
Piano feels the dampened heat
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
We count the hours in sodium rhyme
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
Our breath writes hymns on alley grime
Badge catches rain like holy water
Thermos steam writes psalms on glass
Night offers grace, a quiet offer
Singing peace to fractured glass
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
We count the hours in sodium rhyme
Vesper shift, the dark keeps time
Our breath writes hymns on alley grime
