Casualty Call

[Verse 1]
Sees the '98 Camry's flashers pulsing on the shoulder,
3:04 on the dash, and the October rain gets colder.
He's on his phone, turning his back to the highway spray,
She's staring through the windshield at the ghost of yesterday.

[Chorus]
Just another casualty call on the line,
The engine's dead, and the love's running out of time.
I hook up the chain, and I don't ask why,
Just a busted set of gears under a Bremerton sky.

[Verse 2]
Sees the way his thumb scrolls, a nervous little twitch,
The steam from the radiator hissing from the ditch.
"We're fine," she says, and spits out the word 'we'
Like a piece of bad fruit she don't want him to see.

[Chorus]
Just another casualty call on the line,
The engine's dead, and the love's running out of time.
I hook up the chain, and I don't ask why,
Just a busted set of gears under a Bremerton sky.

[Bridge]
This whole damn night smells like antifreeze and regret.
There's a salt on this pavement that you never forget.

[Chorus]
Just another casualty call on the line,
The engine's dead, and the love's running out of time.
I winch up the weight, and I don't ask why,
Just a busted set of gears under a Bremerton sky.

[Outro]
The winch is screaming.
And the rain keeps coming down.