Track 1 of the EP Lamp Lit Hours · 2017
Tide Table Keeper, Pencil and Moon
by Moth Static
“The tide table keeper with his pencil and his one lamp. I wanted this to feel like a very slow tide coming in.”
dream pop · dream pop · slowcore · 3:42
Lyrics
Small hut by the harbour wall One lamp on, the night is tall I write the tides in pencil lines High and low, the moon's own signs Come in slow, go out slow The water knows where it must go Come in slow, go out slow Stay close, I'm right here, I know Boats are sleeping on the sand Waiting for the sea's soft hand I count the hours, one by one Till the water and the dawn are done Come in slow, go out slow The water knows where it must go Come in slow, go out slow Stay close, I'm right here, I know Every night the sea comes back Every night I mark the track Nothing's lost, it only goes And returns, the way it knows Come in slow, go out slow The water knows where it must go Come in slow, go out slow Stay close, I'm right here, I know Come in slow Go out slow I'm right here