Lyrics
The file screams on a brass blank from the hardware store on Grand.
Hold it steady in the vise, don't you dare shake your hand.
The trick's the shoulder, not the teeth, the subtle, steady fall.
The cold bite of the metal feels like nothing much at all.
[Chorus]
We're making us a ghost key profile.
For a lock we used to own, just for a little while.
[Verse 2]
It was last Tuesday, after two, you held the flashlight beam.
Your breath was coming out in clouds of winter-boiler steam.
You whispered, "What if they're still home?" and I just had to laugh.
This ain't about a photograph, or cutting things in half.
[Chorus]
We're making us a ghost key profile.
For a lock we used to own, just for a little while.
[Bridge]
It's not about the getting in, or taking back the stuff.
It's proving that the tumblers think our shape is good enough.
[Outro]
One last pass with the fine-grit.
See? It fits.
About Lou Reid
Lou Reid spent eleven years in the Baltimore foster care system before aging out with a bus pass and a handful of guitar chords taught to him by a longshoreman. Now based in New York City, he writes stark, literary rock songs about the city's ghosts and overlooked survivors, filtering the raw spirit of the Velvet Underground through a modern, street-level lens. His third-person narratives are…
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