[Intro] The water keeps a calendar I wasn’t on it I bought a morning I don’t want I still packed it [Verse 1] I came here meaning to pass through Salt on the rail, ticket in the seam You were a harbor light I was a weather report I learned your coffee I learned your storm I told myself it was climate It was you [Verse 2] I don’t keep people who keep leaving This island taught me that the hard way Then you sat through the rain Like the pan was a vow I almost let you miss the boat I almost did not speak Speaking felt like tearing paper [Pre-Chorus] Dawn has a whistle Dawn has a dock We can still pretend this was only weather [Chorus] Harbor light Stay till the flute stops Harbor light The ticket can wait If paradise is a door We are standing in it Harbor light Don’t you board Don’t you fade [Verse 3] I watched the hull take on new names Mine still in my pocket Every leaving I ever did Looked like courage from the rail It was just a habit Wearing a clean shirt [Verse 4] If you go I will still light the window That is not a threat That is the job If you stay I will not call it forever I will call it today And then tomorrow If we earn it [Pre-Chorus] Tear it Or take it The tide will not vote for us [Chorus] Harbor light Stay till the flute stops Harbor light The ticket can wait If paradise is a door We are standing in it Harbor light Don’t you board Don’t you fade [1st Guitar Solo] [Bridge] I came as a tourist of my own life I came as a woman who was done being left I put the paper in my hands I put my hands on yours We tear it We stay We let the morning miss us [2nd Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Harbor light Stay till the flute stops Harbor light The ticket is a rumor If paradise is a door We walked through Harbor light We stay We stay We stay [Outro] Dock is empty Good Light the window anyway
