Lighthouse Shift

[Verse 1] Empty streets and factory steam Coffee stains and broken dreams Like my old man taught me well Some stories only darkness tells Third shift blues in my veins Newcastle nights and diesel trains [Chorus] I'm the lighthouse in the storm Keeping watch till early morn While the whole damn world's asleep Someone's gotta watch the deep Yeah, someone's gotta watch the deep [Verse 2] Graveyard shift, fluorescent glow Rusty gears turn soft and slow Daddy's hands were cracked and strong Working nights his whole life long Now I'm walking in his shoes Paying all those working dues [Bridge] Between the shadows and the light Between surrender and the fight These callused hands won't let me fall Though sirens echo down the hall [Chorus] I'm the lighthouse in the storm Keeping watch till early morn While the whole damn world's asleep Someone's gotta watch the deep Yeah, someone's gotta watch the deep [Verse 3] Northern winds and factory dust In these walls we place our trust Though the town's seen better days Still we light the darkened ways Like the lighthouse by the sea Hope's the only currency [Outro] Empty streets and factory steam Coffee stains and broken dreams But we keep the light alive Yeah, we keep the light alive