Track Insight / Lyrics
Dawn cracks slow on east wall glass
Calico sits where shadows pass
Orange black white on concrete floor
Guarding tomatoes, nothing more
Steam rises from the soil bed
She blinks once, lifts a heavy head
No collar tags, no owner's call
Just instinct written on the wall
The glass holds heat, the night holds cold
A story that is never old
Cracked panes glow like fever dreams
Calico reigns on iron beams
She owns the dark, she owns the light
Keeps the green alive through night
Cracked panes glow, the dawn arrives
Calico survives, calico survives
Condensation beads and falls
On leaves that climb the cracked walls
A mouse darts out from pepper plants
She watches with a yawn, no chance
Her paw extends, a casual swipe
Another meal to stay alive
No collar tags, no owner's call
Just instinct written on the wall
The glass holds heat, the night holds cold
A story that is never old
Cracked panes glow like fever dreams
Calico reigns on iron beams
She owns the dark, she owns the light
Keeps the green alive through night
Cracked panes glow, the dawn arrives
Calico survives, calico survives
Morning truck rattles past the gate
Radio plays some song from eight
She stretches long, her spine aligned
The finest hunter ever designed
Glass panes catch the rising gold
Her fur a map of stories told
Three colors on a broken frame
Orange black white, no two the same
The greenhouse breathes, the cat remains
Through winter frost and summer rains
No name needed, no praise required
Just wires crossed and steel wires tired
Cracked panes glow like fever dreams
Calico reigns on iron beams
She owns the dark, she owns the light
Keeps the green alive through night
Cracked panes glow, the dawn arrives
Calico survives, calico survives
Coffee steams in dented mugs
Regulars shrug their tired shrugs
Same cat's still there, the cook says low
Been five years since the last snow
She nods once to the breaking day
Then melts in light, just fades away
Cracked panes glow like fever dreams
Calico reigns on iron beams
She owns the dark, she owns the light
Keeps the green alive through night
Cracked panes glow, the dawn arrives
Calico survives, calico
