Last Light On

Cold instant coffee in a paper cup

Grey dust settling on the window sill

Three years of numbers that won't add up But my fingers keep

tapping on the desk until The skin on my knuckles is dry

and tight

Heavy boots echoing down the hall

Keys jangling by the fire door

He calls out "Night,

Last Light" through the drywall

I press my forehead to the wooden floor (mmmmm)

When the street is black and the city sleeps

And the promises you made are too hard to keep

Every shadow says it is time to gone But there is something

in the dark of the last light on

Remember that Tuesday when the rain was thick

My coat was zipped and the keys were in my hand

I stood in the doorway for six minutes flat Staring at a

map of a barren land

Then I reached for the switch and I turned it back on

And I never told a soul about that

Now the silent hours start to yield

To the cold wind shaking the parking sign

Every scar I hid is a steel shield

And the line I drew is a golden line

When the street is black and the city sleeps And the promises

you made are too hard to keep

Every shadow says it is time to gone But there is something

in the dark of the last light on

Five AM, the engine dies

Cold leather wheel beneath my palms Just watching the dashboard clock go

by

Letting the quiet carry the storm Before I open this heavy door

And leave the dark behind for good

When the street is black and the city sleeps

(ahhh) And the promises you made are too hard to keep

Every shadow says it is time to gone But there is something

in the dark of the last light on

Sunrise hits

the glass