The Last Meter Read

Intro I'm the last name on the power company's list

Verse 1 I'm the last name on the power company's list The only lit window in the morning mist Walked the whole grid down to one porch light Paying for a county's worth of night The meter out back's been spinning alone Counting down the last warm thing we own

Pre-Chorus One bill left, then the dark comes home The last lit man in a ghost of a zone

Chorus The last meter read Turn the key on everything we said Lock the dark where the living bled The last meter read, the town is dead

Verse 2 Drove past the school, the store, the steeple gone Every meter stopped but the one I'm on The lineman said he hated this the most Cutting power to a place that's just a ghost I paid in full, I shook his honest hand The last electric heartbeat in the land

Pre-Chorus One bill left, then the dark comes home The last lit man in a ghost of a zone

Chorus The last meter read Turn the key on everything we said Lock the dark where the living bled The last meter read, the town is dead

Bridge I'll leave the porch light on tonight One last act of stubborn light Then I'll let the whole dark roll in slow The last meter read Turn the key on everything we said Lock the dark where the living bled The last meter read, the town is dead

Outro Click Lights out

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