Track Insight / Lyrics
Dust motes cling to the crumbling adobe,
A faded postcard lies in the gutter's flow
Petals of wild roses, brittle as they are,
Discarded alongside trash, lost in the spur
Rust-red High Desert sunrise cuts the sky,
Another day dawned, nobody passing by
The neon sign creaks, gutters downpour
Eroded by desert winds, once vivid colors flaccid now
Shadows dance upon the cracked pavement floor
Forgotten lives passing by, no one to see
Corroded cardboard, shelter from life's storms
Desert rabbi's teaching in dusty tombs
Miracle of life in forgotten places found
Wisdom lies in silence, wind-whispered rounds
Burrowing deeper into the desert night
Tent flaps creak, a flickering candle's light
Tattered clothes, damp and worn, a makeshift bed
Dreams of distant cities where hearts are fed
In the dark, stuffy tent, a makeshift world unfolds
Where the poor and homeless find their own gold
The neon sign creaks, gutters downpour
Eroded by desert winds, once vivid colors flaccid now
Shadows dance upon the cracked pavement floor
Forgotten lives passing by, no one to see
Corroded cardboard, shelter from life's storms
Desert rabbi's teaching in dusty tombs
Miracle of life in forgotten places found
Wisdom lies in silence, wind-whispered rounds
In the morning light, the tent comes down
A composite of the tribes that roam this ground
Each carrying tales of hardship and strife
Seeking solace in this transient life
Corroded cardboard, shelter from life's storms
Desert rabbi's teaching in dusty tombs
Miracle of life in forgotten places found
Wisdom lies in silence, wind-whispered rounds
Corroded cardboard, shelter from life's tempests
Desert wisdom in the cluttered sediment
Miracle of resilience in the discarded past
Fragile beauty in the broken, long to last
As the sun dips low, the neon sign fades
The motel lights flicker, then the shades
Behind, the cardboard mirror's distant hum
A lonely road stretches, dusty, as before we'd come.
