Static on the Horizon

[Intro]
[Verse]
The brass is turning green
The cruelest thing I’ve seen
A fractured, broken screen
Where your shadow used to lean
I scrub the lens for hours
While the storm cloud lowers
In these lonely towers
Grief blooms like desert flowers
[Pre-Chorus]
The fog is rolling in
Where do I begin?
To wash away the sin
Of the life that could have been
[Chorus]
Is this love or self-punishment?
Where did all the summer go?
Every prayer is just a document
Of a man I used to know
I am screaming at the sea
Hoping you’ll come back to me
But the waves are never free
From the weight of destiny
[Verse]
We shared a cigarette
On the dock where we first met
A debt I can’t forget
In a sun that hasn’t set
You laughed against the gale
While we watched a passing sail
Now the memory is frail
And my face is turning pale
[Hook]
I’m the keeper of the spark
In the middle of the dark
Leaving every bitter mark
On this hollow, wooden bark
[Chorus]
Is this love or self-punishment?
Where did all the summer go?
Every prayer is just a document
Of a man I used to know
I am screaming at the sea
Hoping you’ll come back to me
But the waves are never free
From the weight of destiny
[Bridge]
The logbook says it has been four thousand days.
I still keep your heavy boots by the door.
Sometimes I think I hear them on the gravel.
But it is just the shifting of the stones.
Is this devotion or am I just afraid?
Afraid of the silence you left behind.
[Post-Chorus]
(Aaaah-aaaah)
(Aaaah-aaaah)
(Aaaah-aaaah)
(Aaaah-aaaah)
(Aaaah-aaaah)
(Aaaah-aaaah)
[Outro]