The Phantom Buoy

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rain streaks the city glass
Watch the yellow taxis pass
Old wool smells of salt and brine
Counting hours, killing time
I left the tower on the cliff
Cold hands and a spirit stiff
The concrete jungle feels so dry
Underneath a hollow sky
[Pre-Chorus]
But the sky turned black as lead
Every word I never said
Starts to echo in my head
I’m drowning in my bed
[Chorus]
I let the fire go out
I let the shadows scream and shout
The Mary-Anne is at the bottom of the bay
And I’m the one who walked away
I heard the crashing of the hull
I felt the silence of the lull
God forgive the light I didn't sway
I’m the one who walked away
[Post-Chorus]
The light is gone
The light is gone
I’m the one
The broken one
[Verse]
The floorboards creak like rotting wood
I’d fix it all if I only could
But the tide don't turn for a broken soul
I’m just a spark in a deep black hole
The phantom buoys start to glow
In the traffic down below
Red and green against the gray
Ghosts of ships that lost their way
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the city lights they blink
Watch the phantom buoys sink
Lower than you’d ever think
Standing on the brink
[Chorus]
I let the fire go out
I let the shadows scream and shout
The Mary-Anne is at the bottom of the bay
And I’m the one who walked away
I heard the crashing of the hull
I felt the silence of the lull
God forgive the light I didn't sway
I’m the one who walked away
[Bridge]
Forgive the man who wasn't there
A ghost of light, a silent prayer
The water’s cold, the water’s deep
Secrets that the currents keep
I see their faces in the rain
I feel the rusting of the chain
The beacon’s dead, the harbor’s gone
I’m waiting for a darker dawn
[Solo]
[Chorus]
I let the fire go out
I let the shadows scream and shout
The Mary-Anne is at the bottom of the bay
And I’m the one who walked away
I heard the crashing of the hull
I felt the silence of the lull
God forgive the light I didn't sway
I’m the one who walked away
[Post-Chorus]
The light is gone
The light is gone
I’m moving on
To the great beyond
The light is gone
The light is gone
[Outro]