Track Insight / Lyrics
I guard the iron ladder's spine
Where Hedera helix drinks the brine
My teeth are cut for locks long gone
Patina blooms where light is drawn
Brass waits for fingers, brass waits for night
No door appears, no lock in sight
But rust is patient, rust is deep
I keep the climb while the city sleeps
Moss breathes soft on tread and rail
Sedum acre drinks the pale
I taste the salt of summer rain
And count the years in oxide stain
Brass waits for fingers, brass waits for night
No door appears, no lock in sight
But rust is patient, rust is deep
I keep the climb while the city sleeps
Pigeons nest where bolts once turned
Campanula hangs, unconcerned
My bow still fits a phantom ward
A silent song on zinc and sword
No keyhole swallows, no bolt receives
Just ivy breathing through the leaves
Yet hope is stubborn, hope is green
The strongest metal bends unseen
Dusk settles deep on brick and wire
Silene noctiflora breathes fire
I warm my brass in waning heat
A sentinel with no retreat
Brass waits for fingers, brass waits for night
No door appears, no lock in sight
But rust is patient, rust is deep
I keep the climb while the city sleeps
Stars prick the veil where chimneys cough
I hold the shape, I hold the loft
No door was built, no lock installed
Just iron ribs and brass recalled
Brass waits for fingers, brass waits for night
No door appears, no lock in sight
But rust is patient, rust is deep
I keep the climb while the city sleeps
Brass waits, brass waits, brass waits
Patient metal, summer night
Brass remembers, brass keeps light
