Surrendering the Ghost - Chamberlain

In the engine hymn of this evening’s train

I thought I heard your name

And in the whistle’s refrain of this evening’s train

I swore I heard your name

I remembered keeping mad hours in the night

Under an honest sky when the world’s shadow

Stood side-by-side and so did you and I

Like a bashful boy to shudder from a ray of light, a coward by design

While across this crowded town there’s a girl who bleeds

From open wounds and an open heart

That’s a feeling that I can’t afford, I’ve been in the dark too long