The Glass and the Ghost

[Intro]
[Verse]
The salt is thick tonight
I trim the wick just right
The logbook's edges fray
In shades of dusty gray
Your ink is fading fast
A ghost within the past
I trace the cursive lines
Across the jagged pines
[Pre-Chorus]
The pump organ hums a low refrain
Against the rhythm of the freezing rain
I see your hand in every dusty page
A lion trapped inside an iron cage
[Chorus]
But the beam won't reach that far
Beyond the jagged harbor bar
I'm screaming at the rising tide
With nowhere left for me to hide
Oh, Captain, can you hear the sound?
Of the boy you left upon the ground?
[Post-Chorus]
Spinning in the light
Lost within the white
Spinning in the light
[Verse]
October seventy-four
The waves began to roar
You wrote about the swell
That rang the ship's bronze bell
I turn the heavy leaf
And touch your hidden grief
The coordinates are blurred
By every dying word
[Pre-Chorus]
The analog synths begin to moan
I'm sitting on this cold stone throne
The slide guitar starts to weep
For secrets that the corals keep
[Chorus]
But the beam won't reach that far
Beyond the jagged harbor bar
I'm screaming at the rising tide
With nowhere left for me to hide
Oh, Captain, can you hear the sound?
Of the boy you left upon the ground?
[Bridge]
The hull began to crack
The sky turned bruised and black
I watched the flare go dead
Inside my aching head
I couldn't pull you in
Beneath the water's skin
I couldn't pull you in
Father, let me in
Let me in
LET ME IN
[Solo]
[Breakdown]
Just the fuzz on the radio
Where did your spirit go?
Just the light in the spinning glass
Watching the seasons pass
I’m the keeper of the flame
I’m the keeper of your name
[Chorus]
But the beam won't reach that far
Beyond the jagged harbor bar
I'm screaming at the rising tide
With nowhere left for me to hide
Oh, Captain, can you hear the sound?
Of the boy you left upon the ground?
[Post-Chorus]
Spinning in the light
Lost within the white
Spinning in the light
[Outro]