Track 1 of the single Night Shift Window · 2025
Night Shift Window
“I wrote this for the people who stay awake so everyone else can sleep. I tried to keep it as hushed as the ward itself, with my falsetto barely above the piano.”
indie folk · ambient folk · slowcore · nordic folk · 3:52
Lyrics
The ward is low-lit and the corridors hum A cup of tea cooling by the sink I stand at the window at half past three And watch the city dream in blue Somebody's awake with me tonight A baker, a driver, a lamp left on We keep the hours that others sleep through And the morning will come before long A bus goes by with its windows gold Three tired faces and a sleeping child I lift my cup to the stranger's glass Though they'll never know that I was there Somebody's awake with me tonight A baker, a driver, a lamp left on We keep the hours that others sleep through And the morning will come before long There's a loneliness that isn't sorrow It's the quiet of keeping watch A hush that holds the whole town gently Until the first bird starts to sing The sky goes pale above the rooftops A thin line of rose on the edge of the world I fold my coat and I wash my cup And walk out into the rising light Somebody's awake with me tonight A baker, a driver, a lamp left on We keep the hours that others sleep through And the morning has come at last The morning has come The morning has come