Track Insight / Lyrics
Dry leaves spiral round the rusted bars
Blood moon paints the pavement silver scars
Altos hum where hymns once filled the air
Night unlocks what daylight cannot share
[Pre-
Iron groans beneath the seasonal turn
Organ pipes in lungs begin to burn
Four-part harmony in minor key
Gate swings wide for you and me
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Choir kids rise to meet the tune
No sheet music, no steady beat
Just grave-dirt rhythm under feet
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Cracked cement holds footprints from the past
Final cadence fades but roots hold fast
Breath condenses in the freezing air
Sopranos gone but altos still are there
[Pre-
Iron groans beneath the seasonal turn
Organ pipes in lungs begin to burn
Four-part harmony in minor key
Gate swings wide for you and me
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Choir kids rise to meet the tune
No sheet music, no steady beat
Just grave-dirt rhythm under feet
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Mellotron flute through splintered wood
Cello bows where gravestones stood
Baritone drops to subterranean low
Falsetto climbs where cold winds blow
Hymnals burned for warmth years ago
Muscle memory is all we know
Latin verses mangled, beautiful
Midnight mass invisible
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Choir kids rise to meet the tune
No sheet music, no steady beat
Just grave-dirt rhythm under feet
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Vinyl crackle in the stereo
Linn
Drum kicks where processions go
Moog bass throbs in chest cavity
Juno pads paint eternity
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
Choir kids rise to meet the tune
No sheet music, no steady beat
Just grave-dirt rhythm under feet
Blood-orange gate, blood-orange moon
We sing it wrong but we sing it true
Altos hold the final chord
Blood-orange moon, blood-orange gate