“Low Tide Signal”

Verse 1

Fog on the windshield, AM static

Bridge lights blinking like a nervous habit

Salt on my boots, sand in my plans

Cape Cod nights don’t go how you planned

Payphones whisper, wires still hum

Old machines say you’re not done

Everybody left, but I stayed

Learning patience from the tide that waits

Pre-Chorus

They don’t see the hours

They don’t hear the noise

Just the quiet work

Of stubborn choice

Chorus

I build signals in the low tide light

When the town goes dark, I’m still alive

Every doubt washes in, rolls back out

Cape Cod taught me how to wait it out

Verse 2

Wind off the bay cuts sharp and clean

Like truth you don’t want, but need

Museum quiet, terminals glow

History breathing soft and slow

I talk to ghosts through copper lines

Old tech, new scars, borrowed time

People pass quick, summers fade

But persistence doesn’t migrate

Pre-Chorus

They say “why bother?”

I say “watch”

You don’t rush

What’s built to last

Chorus

I build signals in the low tide light

Between the ferries and the streetlight hum

If it breaks, I learn, I try again

Cape Cod made me patient, not numb

Bridge

Storms come loud, then disappear

Same as fear

Same as fear

What survives isn’t force or flame

Just steady hands and staying sane

Break (half-spoken)

Not lost.

Just waiting for the water to move.

Final Chorus

I build signals in the low tide light

When no one’s watching, I’m still here

Every bridge delay, every quiet night

Carved resilience out of salt and years

Outro

Morning comes soft over the bay

Another problem, another day

Cape Cod hums — I tune it in

Low tide out…

I begin.