Surrendering the Ghost

In the engine hymn of this evening’s train
I swore I heard your name
And in the whistle’s refrain of this evening’s train
I swore I heard your name

I remember keeping mad hours in the night under an honest sky
When the world’s shadows stood at shoulder side by side
And so did you and I

Like a bashful boy to shudder from a ray of light, a coward by design
While across this crowded town
There’s a girl who bleeds from open wounds and an open heart
That’s a feeling that I can’t afford
I’ve been in the dark too long