Track 4 of the album The Long Thaw · 2018
The Vacancy Sign Hums Till Dawn
“A pink sign buzzing over gravel and snow. I wanted the harp to sound like stars on a cold windscreen.”
art song · art song · dream pop · 4:17
Lyrics
The highway ran out of words an hour ago One pink sign buzzing over gravel and snow of stars Room nine has a key on a heavy brass ring And a window that opens on nothing at all The ice machine coughs in the cooling dark A moth keeps circling the one lit sign I lay my coat on a stranger's bed And I'm nobody's daughter till morning comes Nobody here knows where I've been Nobody here asks where I'm going The vacancy sign hums till dawn A small red light on the edge of the world Saying there's room, there's room for one more Tired heart on the long way home The vacancy sign hums till dawn A truck goes by with its slow gold eyes And the desert breathes out the day's last heat I count the cracks in the ceiling's plaster Like rivers on a map I haven't drawn Somewhere past the mountains' shoulder The morning is already warming up I only need to sleep a little And let the quiet hold me up The vacancy sign hums till dawn A small red light on the edge of the world Saying there's room, there's room for one more Tired heart on the long way home The vacancy sign hums till dawn Room for one more Room for one more Hum me home