Lyrics: Keep The O Lit

Lyrics: Keep The O Lit

[Mood: restless tenderness] [Energy: working pulse with a small lift]

[Intro | close vocal | sign hum] The O goes out at three twelve then comes back thin and blue

[Verse 1 | dry close vocal | steady pulse] Bucket wheels on the tile line rain on the forecourt glass I keep a screwdriver under the till for the nights the current asks

Pump five sleeps with its hose down coffee burns to tar I know the sound a letter makes when it is trying hard

[Pre-Chorus | held back | breath before lift] Leave it, they say nobody reads but someone lost still looks for me

[Chorus | small lift | doubled last line] Keep the O lit keep the door awake keep one word working for whoever brakes If the road goes black and the rain comes down keep the O lit keep the O lit now

[Verse 2 | tighter | more spoken] Quarter turn on the left screw too much and it dies not enough and morning finds PEN above the lights

There is a spider in the panel whole as a little crown I leave it where the wires warm I leave the dead thing found

[Pre-Chorus | more pressure] Leave it, they say it is only a sign but only is where I spend my life

[Chorus | fuller but restrained] Keep the O lit keep the door awake keep one word working for whoever brakes If the road goes black and the rain comes down keep the O lit keep the O lit now

[Bridge | stripped back | almost spoken] A man at pump five sits with the engine dead he looks up once and comes inside instead

[Final Chorus | warm small release] Keep the O lit keep the door awake keep one word working for whoever brakes If the road goes black and the rain comes down keep the O lit keep the O lit now

[Outro | sign hum | fade] Not fixed not gone just warm enough to answer on