Twilight settles on the gravel ground
Cassette rests where tire tracks are found
Magnetic tape coiled like a dormant root
Waiting for the deck to give it fruit
Ferric bloom in twilight hour
Iron dust becomes a flower
Play the tape and watch it grow
Songs like seeds in gravel row
Shell cracked open like a seed coat split
Reel hubs turning where the capstans grip
Dolby silence pulls the noise away
High bias chrome prepares to play
Ferric bloom in twilight hour
Iron dust becomes a flower
Play the tape and watch it grow
Songs like seeds in gravel row
Side A unwinds like tendril vine
Leader tape connects the reel to spine
Auto-reverse creates a double bloom
Magnetic flux dispels the gathering gloom
Spring reverb drips like morning dew
Tremolo bar bends the frequency through
Bass line roots deep in the subsoil dark
Two quiet strangers hear the playback spark
Side B holds genus Nostalgicus
Pressed for a friend they called Amicus
Chrome dioxide flowers in the night
Bias tuned to capture fading light
Ferric bloom in twilight hour
Iron dust becomes a flower
Play the tape and watch it grow
Songs like seeds in gravel row
Eject button wakes the sleeping pod
Morning light reveals the magnetic god
Spindles rest in gravel dark and deep
Roots hold fast while the world asleep
Ferric bloom in twilight hour
Iron dust becomes a flower
Play the tape and watch it grow
Songs like seeds in gravel row
Ferric bloom remains in gravel ground
Songs take root where silence once was found