Track Insight / Lyrics
Cracked viewfinder, thumb on grain
Rode the night bus through the rain
Pines stand guard by humming poles
Fisherman waits where water rolls
Fixed focus on the fisherman
Rusting slow behind the pine
Wires hum a low steady drone
The shutter clicks, I watch alone
Orange flakes on wool coat sleeve
Salt has taught the steel to leave
Reel seized tight with years of grit
No catch comes, he doesn't quit
Fixed focus on the fisherman
Rusting slow behind the pine
Wires hum a low steady drone
The shutter clicks, I watch alone
Transformers buzz in copper throat
Insulators cracked like winter coat
Leans on pole, feels vibration
Current sings, distant station
Born in Tokyo, metal heart
Smuggled past the customs chart
Now I frame what time erodes
Heavy light on heavy loads
Wind the lever, hold the frame
Rust is just a different name
Knuckles swollen, skin like bark
Hook embedded, distinct mark
Aperture stops at f-eight
Exposure long, the hour late
Fixed focus on the fisherman
Rusting slow behind the pine
Wires hum a low steady drone
The shutter clicks, I watch alone
Sun dips low behind the pines
Long shadows cross the power lines
He packs the rod, the rust stays deep
A promise that the sea will keep
Fixed focus on the fisherman
Rusting slow behind the pine
Wires hum a low steady drone
The shutter clicks, I watch alone
Shutter closes, film runs out
Fixed focus fades to dark without
