Quarry Ligth
from Ghost Rock
Miller's Quarry summer of the dare
Danny waded where the map ran bare
Stood on the ledge with my sneakers dry
Watched the ripples swallow his goodbye
Dragged the lake for a whole damn week
Found the bike but the trail went bleak
Now the water is all I seek
Told my mom it's just a phase
Now I'm choking in the haze
Step to the edge and end the days
Something's singing under the quarry light
Low and patient calling out my name at night
Twenty years and I can hear him breathe
Danny in the water telling me to leave
Running since the day I let him drown
But the current won't let go now
Thirty-four and the town turned small
Gravel road and the chain-link wall
Flashlight on but I lost my nerve
Water's waiting for its own damn turn
Dragged the lake for a whole damn week
Found the bike but the trail went bleak
Now the water is all I seek
Told my mom it's just a phase
Now I'm choking in the haze
Step to the edge and end the days
Something's singing under the quarry light
Low and patient calling out my name at night
Twenty years and I can hear him breathe
Danny in the water telling me to leave
Running since the day I let him drown
But the current won't let go now
Cold past my knees like a weight in my head
The water isn't water anymore it's lead
Mud on my boots dragging me to bed
Something in the dark below has always fed
Cold past my knees like a weight in my head
The water isn't water anymore it's lead
Mud on my boots dragging me to bed
Something in the dark below has always fed
Something's singing under the quarry light
It's been calling out all my life
Twenty years and I'm done running
Walking to the water and I'm already gone
Something's singing under the quarry light
It's been calling out all my life
Twenty years and I'm done running
Walking to the water and I'm already gone
I'm home.
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Danny waded where the map ran bare
Stood on the ledge with my sneakers dry
Watched the ripples swallow his goodbye
Dragged the lake for a whole damn week
Found the bike but the trail went bleak
Now the water is all I seek
Told my mom it's just a phase
Now I'm choking in the haze
Step to the edge and end the days
Something's singing under the quarry light
Low and patient calling out my name at night
Twenty years and I can hear him breathe
Danny in the water telling me to leave
Running since the day I let him drown
But the current won't let go now
Thirty-four and the town turned small
Gravel road and the chain-link wall
Flashlight on but I lost my nerve
Water's waiting for its own damn turn
Dragged the lake for a whole damn week
Found the bike but the trail went bleak
Now the water is all I seek
Told my mom it's just a phase
Now I'm choking in the haze
Step to the edge and end the days
Something's singing under the quarry light
Low and patient calling out my name at night
Twenty years and I can hear him breathe
Danny in the water telling me to leave
Running since the day I let him drown
But the current won't let go now
Cold past my knees like a weight in my head
The water isn't water anymore it's lead
Mud on my boots dragging me to bed
Something in the dark below has always fed
Cold past my knees like a weight in my head
The water isn't water anymore it's lead
Mud on my boots dragging me to bed
Something in the dark below has always fed
Something's singing under the quarry light
It's been calling out all my life
Twenty years and I'm done running
Walking to the water and I'm already gone
Something's singing under the quarry light
It's been calling out all my life
Twenty years and I'm done running
Walking to the water and I'm already gone
I'm home.