Track 1 of the single Slow Lamp / Frequency · 2025
Lighthouse Keeper's Slow Lamp
“I wrote this climbing imaginary stairs in my head during a slow stretch at work; the guitar swings like a lamp turning in the dark. It felt like the right song to lead with.”
psychedelic · dream psych · desert reverb · slowcore · 4:31
Lyrics
Stairs go round and round the dark Hundred steps up to the spark Salt on the glass and the wind in the wire I trim the wick and I feed the fire Somewhere out there, past the foam Someone's steering toward home Turn, slow lamp, turn Sweep the water, let it learn Every ship that's lost its way Has a light that waits till day Turn, slow lamp, turn I'll keep the watch, I'll keep it burn Not a word, not a name Just a light that stays the same Tea gone cold on the window ledge Moon hangs low on the water's edge The radio hums a song I know Through the static and the undertow Somewhere out there, past the foam Someone's steering toward home Turn, slow lamp, turn Sweep the water, let it learn Every ship that's lost its way Has a light that waits till day Turn, slow lamp, turn I'll keep the watch, I'll keep it burn Not a word, not a name Just a light that stays the same Long night, long night Counting the beams of light Each one a small hello To the ones I'll never know Long night, long night The dark is not a fright When you are the little flame That calls a stranger by no name Grey comes up on the eastern sea The ships go by and they don't know me I bank the flame and I climb back down Asleep before the harbour town Turn, slow lamp, turn Sweep the water, let it learn Every ship that's lost its way Has a light that waits till day Turn, slow lamp, turn I kept the watch, I let it burn Not a word, not a name Just a light that stays the same Slow lamp, slow lamp Rest now, rest now Morning has the watch