Track 1 of the album The Lighthouse Years · 2017
Headlights Into the Grey
“Five in the morning, no visibility and a horn theme that sounds like dawn deciding to turn up. This is the opening I always wanted.”
cinematic pop · cinematic pop · film score · 4:01
Lyrics
Five a.m. and the road is blind A curtain of fog lies thick and low Two small lights are the only sign Of which way I should go The white line wavers, pulls me on A dotted promise in the haze I hold the wheel and hum along To the engine's steady praise Headlights into the grey Pushing the dark away I can't see far but I see enough One bright yard of the way Headlights into the grey Morning's a mile away Keep it steady, keep it slow And let the engine say A lorry passes like a ship Its red lamps sliding by A sign appears and disappears Like a name in a lullaby Nobody sees the whole road at once Only the part where we're standing So I drive in the glow of a single hope And the sun is slowly landing Headlights into the grey Pushing the dark away I can't see far but I see enough One bright yard of the way Headlights into the grey Morning's a mile away Keep it steady, keep it slow And let the engine say One bright yard, one bright yard Into the gold of day