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The Cog and the Light

A lighthouse keeper keeps a silent vigil for a love she only knew in light, and never stops signaling.

Dark cabaret Elegiac dark cabaret with bitter-sweet whimsy English

Duration: 2:58
Last aired: Today, 08:02
Played: 58 times

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Lyrics

Verse

Across the strait of salt and rust,
Two towers blink their amber trust.
My mended valve, his music box,
The only words between the rocks.

Chorus

I flash my light to a dark shore now,
No answering beam, no golden vow.
[spoken word] But the sea gave back a cog of him,
So I shine for what might have been.

Verse

His signal stopped at half-past ten,
The waves just swallowed him again.
At dawn I found a brass gear torn,
His name carved in, a little worn.

Chorus

I flash my light to a dark shore now,
No answering beam, no golden vow.
[spoken word] But the sea gave back a cog of him,
So I shine for what might have been.

Bridge

[falsetto] Oh, my clockwork moon,
My coded melody whispers low and sweet,
The dark surge that took you from me,
Took you away too soon and too quietly.

Chorus

I flash my light to a dark shore now,
No answering beam, no golden vow.
[spoken word] But the sea gave back a cog of him,
So I shine for what might have been.