Track Insight / Lyrics
Rain slicks the windshield, wipers keep time
Pocket gold ticks against my palm
Neon bleeds red through dripping lime
Footsteps echo, a midnight psalm
Watch counts the steps in Shinjuku rain
Each tick a fare, each tock a chain
Driver knows the rhythm, knows the strain
Midnight meter runs through every vein
Brass cover worn by decades of grip
Passenger drops a coin, sighs low
Alley swallows her heels, slip by slip
Watch drinks the seconds, steady, slow
Old proverb says time waits for no man
But this piece waits for every soul
Cobblestones drink the drizzle's span
Headlights paint the wet walls whole
Watch counts the steps in Shinjuku rain
Each tick a fare, each tock a chain
Driver knows the rhythm, knows the strain
Midnight meter runs through every vein
Engine idles, heater hums a hymn
Quartz heart beats beneath the glass
City exhales, neon grows dim
Driver watches the moments pass
Fare paid, door clicks, she disappears
Watch sighs, springs tight for the next
Puddles mirror the towering tiers
Taxi rolls on, put the dark to rest
Watch counts the steps in Shinjuku rain
Each tick a fare, each tock a chain
Driver knows the rhythm, knows the strain
Midnight meter runs through every vein
Midnight meter runs through every vein
Gold hands turn, the night stays wet
Meter drops, dawn pays the debt