Track Insight / Lyrics
He wears a coat of heavy grey
To keep the biting wind away
He walks a road of broken stone
A weary soul who walks alone
Ash and iron, cold and deep
Where the ancient secrets sleep
Hold the flame and feel the heat
Walking on a dead man's beat
A flickering fire in the rain
A kind of slow and steady pain
He checks his watch but time is gone
He waits until the ghost of dawn
Ash and iron, cold and deep
Where the ancient secrets sleep
Hold the flame and feel the heat
Walking on a dead man's beat
He lights a smoke and scans the wall
He waits to hear the sirens call
The shrine is just a pile of rust
A city turned to salty dust
Ash and iron, cold and deep
Where the ancient secrets sleep
Hold the flame and feel the heat
Walking on a dead man's beat
No fare to pay, no street to find
Just a heavy, clouded mind
The rain is like a silver knife
Cutting through a tired life
Sling the collar, hide the face
Nowhere left to find a place
Burn the map and lose the key
Only ghosts are truly free
He tips his hat to empty air
A vacant look, a frozen stare
The bonfire gives a golden glow
While the freezing rivers flow
Ash and iron, cold and deep
Where the ancient secrets sleep
Hold the flame and feel the heat
Walking on a dead man's beat
End of the line, pal.
Keep the change.
