Lantern sways on a rusted chain
Casting gold through smoke and rain
Tables worn by a thousand hands
Salt and sorrow in the grain
Bootsteps fade beyond the door
Fog creeps slowly across the floor
Every whisper, every stare
Carries more than it declares
Something lingers in the flame
Something calls without a name
In the hush between the tide
Truth and shadow both collide
Driftwood lanternlight
Burning through the night
Holding back the cold outside
Where the restless waters hide
Driftwood lanternlight
Flicker, fade, ignite
Every secret finds its spark
In the beating harbour dark
Stranger seated near the wall
Watching like he knows it all
Silver glints beneath his sleeve
Promises he won't believe
Upstairs silence, sheets untouched
Echoes linger, cold as such
Name unspoken, breath held tight
Vanished in the dying light
Hear the timber softly groan
Like the house itself has known
What the sea has yet to claim
What will never die in flame
Driftwood lanternlight
Burning through the night
Holding back the cold outside
Where the restless waters hide
Driftwood lanternlight
Flicker, fade, ignite
Every secret finds its spark
In the beating harbour dark
Pray the door stays fast and sealed
Pray the truth is never revealed
But fog will find the narrow seam
And wake the things you dare not dream
Driftwood lanternlight
Shaking in the night
When the tide begins to rise
You will see it in their eyes
Driftwood lanternlight
Glow before the fight
When the harbour holds its breath
It's only one step more to death