The Keeper's Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
Salt crusts the iron rail
Breath like a tattered sail
Grinding the copper gears
Counting the wasted years
Spiral stairs never end
Wait for the storm to bend
I needed a way out
Beyond the wall of doubt
[Pre-Chorus]
Arc of fire in the black
No way to take it back
I saw a falling spark
Tearing across the dark
I gripped the stone so tight
And prayed to leave tonight
[Chorus]
I wished upon a drowning soul
Let the ocean take control
Mistook the flare for a sign
Crossed a cold and jagged line
Now the thunder screams his name
I’m the keeper of the shame
Yeah the keeper of the shame
[Verse]
Hollowed out by the spray
Watching the light decay
Rusted bolts start to slip
Ghost of a broken ship
Searching the empty gray
Praying for light of day
The lens is cracked and dry
Under a hollow sky
[Pre-Chorus]
Arc of fire in the black
No way to take it back
I saw a falling spark
Tearing across the dark
I gripped the stone so tight
And prayed to leave tonight
[Chorus]
I wished upon a drowning soul
Let the ocean take control
Mistook the flare for a sign
Crossed a cold and jagged line
Now the thunder screams his name
I’m the keeper of the shame
[Post-Chorus]
I let the fire burn out
I let the silence shout
I let the fire burn out
I let the silence shout
[Solo]
[Bridge]
The water is silver and still
Against my own hollow will
I closed my eyes to the flare
Gave my soul to the air
Just a spark in the night
Left him without a light
Without a light
[Drop]
[Chorus]
I wished upon a drowning soul
Let the ocean take control
Mistook the flare for a sign
Crossed a cold and jagged line
Now the thunder screams his name
I’m the keeper of the shame
[Post-Chorus]
I let the fire burn out
I let the silence shout
I let the fire burn out
I let the silence shout
[Outro]