Track 4 of the album Read Receipts · 2021
Lights Out on the Ferry Deck
by Veda Monroe
“The last ferry of the night, wind in my hair, city fading behind me. I stacked the harmonies like a prayer.”
r&b · gospel-tinged soul · dream soul · 3:48
Lyrics
Last ferry of the night and the wind is in my hair City lights behind us like a fading evening prayer You're standing at the railing, and I'm standing just behind Counting all the little things I never said out loud, resigned The engine hums a slow bass line beneath our feet Water black as velvet with a silver light to meet I almost say your name, but I let the waves reply Slow tide, pull me in Say the thing we never begin Lights out on the ferry deck Holding on to every wreck of a maybe Lights out, we're drifting slow Somewhere between the stay and go Lights out, the skyline fades Soft as all the promises we made You pass me half your coffee, and our fingers almost touch A hundred feelings in a gesture that don't say too much Seagull on the lamppost watches like it knows Everything the moonlight on the water shows Other side is coming with its row of golden lights Where we'll step off separate on our separate nights But for now the dark is gentle and the deck is ours alone Slow tide, pull me in Say the thing we never begin Lights out on the ferry deck Holding on to every wreck of a maybe Lights out, we're drifting slow Somewhere between the stay and go Lights out, the skyline fades Soft as all the promises we made If the dock were never there I would stay and I would stare At the water and at you Wishing that the night was true Lights out on the ferry deck Holding on to every wreck of a maybe Lights out, we're drifting slow Somewhere between the stay and go Lights out, the skyline fades Soft as all the promises we made Lights out, lights out Drifting slow, no doubt