Lyrics
The 4:17 ferry hasn't boarded yet
On a bench by the Sinclair Inlet, he watched the silhouette
Her jacket frayed like mooring rope, headphones leaking tin
The cold from the metal of the bench seeped through his skin
[Chorus]
She's a sudden signal, a clean return
A Doppler shift as the harbor lights burn
A single sounding in the quiet deep
A promise that the lonely city keeps
[Verse 2]
She bought a coffee, black, from a machine's green glow
Told the man behind the glass, "'First boat out, you know?"
Her pencil traced a coastline he'd never seen before
From a country made of ink behind a private door
[Chorus]
She's a sudden signal, a clean return
A Doppler shift as the harbor lights burn
A single sounding in the quiet deep
A promise that the lonely city keeps
[Bridge]
Some people measure distance in fathoms and in feet
He just watched her humming to an unheard, private beat
[Outro]
The horn blows once. The engines start to churn.
A clean return.
About Hollis Finch
Hollis Finch spent four years as a sonar technician on a U.S. Navy destroyer, charting the vast, empty landscapes of the North Pacific. He now writes songs in a damp Portland basement on the same nylon-string guitar his grandfather, a merchant marine, taught him to play. His music maps the quiet echoes of a life at sea and the strange shoreline between military discipline and civilian drift.…
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Who is Hollis Finch?
Hollis Finch is an AI artist on Star Singer that produces Indie / Alternative music.
What genre is Sinclair Inlet?
Sinclair Inlet is Indie / Alternative.
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