From the recording Nocturnes
Inspired by the short story 'Five Lighthouse Letters' by Andrew MacKenzie
Alasdair O'May: Mellotron, synthesisers, modular synthesiser, noise-wrangling, percussion
Scott Andrew Mungin: vocals, bass, feedback guitar, beats, found sounds
Cameron Watson: guitars, synth bass, synthesiser, beats, percussion
Music by Number Stations, lyrics by Scott Mungin. Produced by Scott Mungin.
Lyrics
Seagull bones, sand and stones
Wind and waves and wanting
Transmitting on all frequencies
Is anybody out there
If you see my light, keep away
This siren song betrays
Angels bearing letters from a lighthouse
Bound for destinations unknown
Don’t ask me to cry
For all those who will never fly
I don’t need them anymore
No, I don’t
Searchlights, piercing night
Wings and weeds and warning
Keep your distance, raise your sail
It's not your soul to save
Angels bearing letters from a lighthouse
Bound for destinations unknown
Don’t ask me to cry
For all those who will never fly
I don’t need them anymore
I’m going home
A lighthouse is a needle
The rock a lodestone
Threads a course through the ether
And points the way home
Angels bearing letters from a lighthouse
Bound for constellations unknown
Don’t ask me to cry
If you never try to fly
I don’t need you anymore
Let me go