Track Insight / Lyrics
You hold the brush like quercus root
Midnight fog swallows switchyard sound
Leather drinks oil, ancient pursuit
Rails breathe iron, sleep underground
Buff the ghost rails, sole to steel
Night shifts slow, wounds slowly heal
Cobbler's hands know what roots reveal
Patience grows where engines kneel
Tar and tannin mix in palm
Salix whispers through the grate
Stitch by stitch you stitch the calm
Fog lifts slow, reveals your fate
Buff the ghost rails, sole to steel
Night shifts slow, wounds slowly heal
Cobbler's hands know what roots reveal
Patience grows where engines kneel
Needle threaded with catgut twine
Taxus bark would envy this
Each puncture marks a timeline
Midnight bloom, no need for bliss
Roots hold fast when trains rush past
Leather remembers every hand
You mend the split, you make it last
Soil sings low, the rails understand
Dawn cracks pale through roundhouse glass
Brush rests dry on worn oak bench
Another night, another pass
Soles cured tough, immune to wrench
Buff the ghost rails, sole to steel
Night shifts slow, wounds slowly heal
Cobbler's hands know what roots reveal
Patience grows where engines kneel
Platanus sheds its mottled skin
You wipe the rag on callused thigh
New day's work lets light begin
Rails hum low, a lullaby
Buff the ghost rails, sole to steel
Night shifts slow, wounds slowly heal
Cobbler's hands know what roots reveal
Patience grows where engines kneel
Buff the ghost rails, sole to steel
Brush hangs quiet, leather sealed
Morning drinks what night revealed