You wind the brass crown slow
Taxus baccata roots below
Neon bleeds on pump glass
Seconds pass like diesel gas
Time traces edges sharp and clean
Quercus robur stands unseen
Pocket watch meets fluorescent glow
Crossroads murmur stay or go
You count the beats in petal time
Rosa canina climbs the sign
Highway hums through valve and wire
Roots hold fast through steam and fire
Time traces edges sharp and clean
Quercus robur stands unseen
Pocket watch meets fluorescent glow
Crossroads murmur stay or go
You trace the gears with calloused thumb
Pinus sylvestris stands numb
Neon flickers moths collide
Hands align at turning tide
Time traces edges sharp and clean
Quercus robur stands unseen
Pocket watch meets fluorescent glow
Crossroads murmur stay or go
You feel the spring coil deep and tight
Fagus sylvatica drinks the night
Dawn cracks open watch stops dead
Two strangers speak the words unsaid
Time traces edges sharp and clean
Quercus robur stands unseen
Pocket watch meets fluorescent glow
Crossroads murmur stay or go
Time traces edges sharp and clean
Brass clicks shut in morning hush
Roots remember diesel blush