Lyric

White air folded

Over the pier

I could not see far

But I knew you were not here

The signal light blinked

Then disappeared twice

Like a small red warning

Under thin ice

Someone said your name

In a different street

I heard you were moving

I heard you looked free

I kept my coat closed

Against the cold rail

Like holding my body

Could keep me still

Still Here by the Harbor Fog

Where the shore goes blind

You found a new morning

I lost track of mine

Nothing is stopping me

Nothing is clear

I stay where the water

Keeps making you near

The ferry lights softened

Into small white scars

The cranes stood quiet

Above parked cars

I walked the same length

Of the quay again

Not waiting exactly

Not leaving then

I know you are not

A message delayed

Not a boat coming back

Not a mistake

But fog makes a distance

Feel less true

So I let the gray air

Lie about you

I stay where the shore

Disappears into white

Where every far window

Could still be your light

Nothing is ending

Nothing begins

Just the same cold water

Breathing me in

Maybe moving on

Is a city with doors

A dry little room

On some upper floor

Maybe for me

It starts smaller than that

One step from the railing

And not looking back

I stay where the shore

Disappears into white

Where every far window

Could still be your light

But the fog will lift

And the water will show

There was no one returning

I already know

By morning

The rail was dry

I left no sign

That I waited all night