Subcarrier Sweep (Version 3)

Verse 1

Heavy steel swings wide

Cold mist on the skin

Ears ring in the raw grey

Low hum trapped within

Pavement slick with diesel rain

Yellow cabs along the curb

Fingers numb against the coat

Nothing moving, not a word

Pre-Chorus

Sky turns to glass

Street takes the sound

Lift up the eyes

Feet off the ground

Chorus

Subcarrier sweep

Cutting through the grey

Heavy in the chest

Wash the dark away

Subcarrier sweep

Bleeding into white

Leave it on the floor

Step into the light

Verse 2

Cigarette without a flame

Shadows stretching on the brick

Jaw is tight, the rhythm stays

Forty cycles, clean and thick

Glass is scattered by the curb

Vapour rising off the street

Sunlight hitting like a strike

Still vibrating in the feet

Pre-Chorus

Sky turns to glass

Street takes the sound

Lift up the eyes

Feet off the ground

Chorus

Subcarrier sweep

Cutting through the grey

Heavy in the chest

Wash the dark away

Subcarrier sweep

Bleeding into white

Leave it on the floor

Step into the light

Bridge

No roof above

No bass inside the hall

Just the amber line

Climbing up the wall

Tears behind the shades

Frozen in the throat

Nothing left to lose

Nothing left to hold

Chorus

Subcarrier sweep

Cutting through the grey

Heavy in the chest

Wash the dark away

Subcarrier sweep

Bleeding into white

Leave it on the floor

Step into the light