Track Insight / Lyrics
I chart the vein of Quercus root
Where mycelium threads compute
The vane above turns copper green
A sentinel on stone unseen
Copper over stone keeps watch
Time measured in a lichen's scratch
Snow blankets what the builders knew
Roots remember, stone stays true
Saxifraga splits the mortar joint Dryas octopetala's point
The wind writes names in frost script
I read them slow, I do not skip
Copper over stone keeps watch
Time measured in a lichen's scratch
Snow blankets what the builders knew
Roots remember, stone stays true
Pinus mugo hugs the ridge line tight
Needles filter pale winter light
The vane spins slow on oxidized hinge
No clock but this, no need to fringe
Copper over stone keeps watch
Time measured in a lichen's scratch
Snow blankets what the builders knew
Roots remember, stone stays true
I press my palm to cold basalt
Feel the pulse of mineral salt
The temple breathes in geologic time
While copper sings a patient rhyme
Copper over stone keeps watch
Time measured in a lichen's scratch
Snow blankets what the builders knew
Roots remember, stone stays true
Patina maps the years we've earned
Silent witness, slowly turned
The vane points north, the roots go deep
We watch, we wait, we do not sleep
