Track Insight / Lyrics
You load the roll with trembling thumb
Mechanical heart begins to drum
Fifty frames to steal the light
Before the dawn swallows night
Click and wind, click and wind
Holy noise on rusted tin
Shutter gospel, low and deep
Promises the dark to keep
Platform benches hold your weight
Train schedule sealed by fate
Peeling paint like confession skin
You let the depot breathe you in
Click and wind, click and wind
Holy noise on rusted tin
Shutter gospel, low and deep
Promises the dark to keep
Viewfinder frames a stranger's face
Caught in grace's brief embrace
Coat collar turned against the cold
Story that is never told
Click and wind, click and wind
Holy noise on rusted tin
Shutter gospel, low and deep
Promises the dark to keep
Advance lever bites your fingertip
Silver halide on your lip
Each frame a psalm you cannot speak
Strong enough to make you weak
No congregation, no stained glass
Just vibration in the brass
Mechanical amen rings
While the 4:15 train sings
You wind the last frame tight and slow
Ratchet clicks let the tension go
Rewind crank sings its final hymn
Dark develops from within
Click and wind, click and wind
Holy noise on rusted tin
Shutter gospel, low and deep
Promises the dark to keep
Click and wind, click and wind
Holy noise on rusted tin
Shutter gospel, low and deep
Promises the dark to keep
Film canister rests in palm
Negative psalm, negative psalm