Transmission Tab & The Locrian Light

[Intro]
[Verse]
The radiator bleeds on the asphalt
Our chariot died in a salt vault
Pass me that soda can tab
A silver fix for the slab
God is a mechanic in a trucker hat
Don’t look at the map, we’re past that
We’ve got feral eyes in the dusk
Smelling like diesel and corn husk
[Verse]
The setlist flew out the window
Gone where the wild weeds grow
I mourn the bridge of track four
As the transmission hits the floor
Isn’t it funny how we’re stuck?
Running out of time and luck
Exhaustion is a heavy velvet cloak
Watching the engine turn to smoke
[Pre-Chorus]
Listen to the feedback hum
Beating like a broken drum
The middle C is stuck again
Echoing across the glen
F# Locrian vibrates in the bone
We are never truly alone
[Bridge]
Look at that light in the sky
Is it a saucer floating by?
Or just a billboard for a diner?
Nothing could be finer
Take us to the gig in the nebula
Past the state line and the regular
I want my bed but I want the stars
Trapped between the interstate bars
Power tools scream in the distance
Testing our spiritual resistance
[Solo]
[Verse]
The fuzzed-out Telecaster screams
Cutting through our tired dreams
I miss the smell of my own sheets
But the engine finally beats
One more turn of the rusted screw
What is a band supposed to do?
We’re shifting gears in the dark
Waiting for a single spark
[Verse]
(The sound begins to degrade)
(Static builds in the signal chain)
(Feedback rises to a piercing wail)
The aluminum tab holds the line
Everything is perfectly fine
We’re moving, we’re flying, we’re—
(Static white noise for 90 seconds)
(Abrupt total silence)
[Outro]