[Verse 1]
Jeremiah’s got a flannel
Frayed cuffs
Salt in the threads
Thermos rolling in the footwell
Cold coffee
Colder regrets
Out past the rusted ferry
Grey sky pressing him down
Tide lines
Tangled memory
Hook set
Don’t make a sound
[Chorus]
He’s pulling ghosts from the Puget Sound
Scale-shine secrets spinning around
Every cast just drags him down
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Won’t drown
He’s talking low to the water now
Like it’s the only one sticking around
Every bite
Another reason he’s bound
To this busted little corner of town
[Verse 2]
Fingernails chipped and bleeding
From old strings
New rope burns
Dad’s boots by the back door
Still waiting for return
Dock boards cough when he steps on
Old gull laughs from the pier
He grins like he’s forgiving
What’s still nailed down here
[Chorus]
He’s pulling ghosts from the Puget Sound
Scale-shine secrets spinning around
Every cast just drags him down
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Won’t drown
He’s talking low to the water now
Like it’s the only one sticking around
Every bite
Another reason he’s bound
To this busted little corner of town
[Bridge]
Rain in his beard
Salt in his teeth
Fish on the line
Grief underneath
He lets one slip
Back into the deep
Says
“Take what you want
But you don’t take me” (yeah)
[Chorus]
He’s pulling ghosts from the Puget Sound
Scale-shine secrets spinning around
Every cast just drags him down
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Won’t drown
He’s talking low to the water now
Like it’s the only one sticking around
Every bite
Another reason he’s bound
To this busted little corner of town