Track 7 of the album Forged in Rust · 2009
Room Nine, No Vacancy
by Iron Marrow
“Neon buzzing over an empty motel lot, written at three in the morning on tour in a borrowed van. Driving but sad.”
metal · road metal · doom-tinged metal · 4:55
Lyrics
Neon buzzing in the desert night One red sign that says the same Pool is dry and the ice machine hums Nobody here knows my name Key on a chain with a plastic tag Room nine at the end of the row Sand on the sill and a ghost on the phone Nowhere left to go Engine ticking in the dark Empty road, a thousand miles Room nine, no vacancy in my chest Burning at the edge of the west Room nine, I can't sleep, I can't stay Heaven's just a highway away Room nine, let the engine roar I don't live here anymore Curtains thin as an old regret Headlights crawl across the wall A truck goes by with a lonesome horn And I count the cracks in the floor I left a town that was built on rust I left a band and a name The desert doesn't ask where you've been It just burns you all the same Engine ticking in the dark Empty road, a thousand miles Room nine, no vacancy in my chest Burning at the edge of the west Room nine, I can't sleep, I can't stay Heaven's just a highway away Room nine, let the engine roar I don't live here anymore Pour it out, pour it out On the cracked and shining floor Dawn is coming, dawn is coming Time to go once more Room nine, no vacancy in my chest Burning at the edge of the west Room nine, I can't sleep, I can't stay Heaven's just a highway away Room nine, let the engine roar I don't live here anymore No vacancy, no vacancy Drive, drive, drive