[Verse 1] Telemetry says the water’s gone cold I watch that white needle swing and hold No smoke trail drawing a line in the blue No engine sound coming through The compass turns where the map runs thin And I don’t know what we’re looking in [Chorus] Keep your eyes on the water tonight Something’s climbing out of sight Black-and-white on a little screen Moving where the sky turns green We can mark it, we can’t say why Just a strange light crossing the sky [Verse 2] It skims the waves like a skipping stone Then rolls against the wind alone I ease the glass and bring it near The picture sharp, the answer unclear Where the county line meets open sea There’s a place no chart can guarantee [Chorus] Keep your eyes on the water tonight Something’s climbing out of sight Black-and-white on a little screen Moving where the sky turns green We can mark it, we can’t say why Just a strange light crossing the sky [Instrumental] [Outro] The signal thins; the water lies still No trace left on the window sill I close the book, the night rolls on The thing we saw is gone.
