Signal Logs

[Intro]
[Verse]
Dust on the leather spine
Faded ink in every line
Rain against the window pane
I can feel the winter stain
Salt is crusted on the edge
Like a secret, silent pledge
[Pre-Chorus]
Pages turning slow
In the lantern glow
What I didn't know
Years and years ago
[Chorus]
It wasn't the height
In the middle of night
Every signal you sent
Was where the love went
The watch that you kept
While the whole world slept
The bravest kind of grace
In this lonely place
[Post-Chorus]
Keeping the light
Keeping it bright
Keeping the light
Through the night
[Verse]
Wind at forty knots today
Nothing much left to say
Tea was cold by three
Eyes fixed on the sea
Just a weather report
In this lonely fort
Notes on the rising tide
With nothing left to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
The ink starts to bleed
Everything I need
Is the life you lead
The truth I finally read
[Chorus]
It wasn't the height
In the middle of night
Every signal you sent
Was where the love went
The watch that you kept
While the whole world slept
The bravest kind of grace
In this lonely place
[Bridge]
I chased the grand romance
Waiting for a bigger chance
But the hero was the man
With the logbook in his hand
Keeping the glass clean
The best I've ever seen
No medals on your chest
Just a heart at rest
[Instrumental]
[Breakdown]
Blinking beam in the fog
Writing in the signal log
Blinking beam in the fog
Writing in the signal log
[Chorus]
It wasn't the height
In the middle of night
Every signal you sent
Was where the love went
The watch that you kept
While the whole world slept
The bravest kind of grace
In this lonely place
[Post-Chorus]
The signal stays clear
Now that you aren't here
The signal stays clear
I hold it so dear
[Outro]