You step out of the freezing sleet
Your boots are heavy on the street
The wind is cutting like a blade
A lonely debt that must be paid
The sky is turning charcoal grey
The city washes all away
You seek a place to hide the cold
A story that has not been told
You are the iron anchor deep
Where all the quiet secrets sleep
Inside a house of broken glass
Watching all the winter pass
The greenhouse panes are cracked and thin
The jagged edges let light in
You lean against the rusted frame
A passenger without a name
The sky is turning charcoal grey
The city washes all away
You seek a place to hide the cold
A story that has not been told
You are the iron anchor deep
Where all the quiet secrets sleep
Inside a house of broken glass
Watching all the winter pass
I've driven miles of empty road
I've carried every heavy load
I know the way the weather bends
Where every crooked alley ends
The fog is thick upon the bay
The yellow cabs all fade to grey
Stay in the shelter of the pane
Safe from the hammering of rain
You are the iron anchor deep
Where all the quiet secrets sleep
Inside a house of broken glass
Watching all the winter pass
The meter clicks a steady beat
The asphalt shimmers in the heat
You found a harbor in the storm
A place to keep the spirit warm
You are the iron anchor deep
Where all the quiet secrets sleep
Inside a house of broken glass
Watching all the winter pass
Just hold on tight.
Stay in the glass. Iron anchor.
Hold on.
