Track Insight / Lyrics
Dust motes whirl in subzero air
Whispers of secrets, long gone there
A forgotten bridge beneath the haze
Guards the gramophone's final phase
Neon puddles reflect the night
Geiger clicks, a digital fight
In this Exclusion Zone, I abide
Awaiting the dawn, I'll survive
Until then, I'll play my part
A sentinel of rust and art
My heart a drumbeat, mechanical and cold
In rhythm with the radiation's hold
In the stillness, I spin, I sing
A haunting melody, a forgotten king
A symphony of dust and decay
Echoes of a world gone astray
Silhouettes of abandoned cars align
Their profiles etched, like fossils in the grime
The wind is still, a funereal sigh
As if the city's soul had died
Synth squarks shriek, sub-bass thunders through
A sonic boom announces a new break
The neglected gramophone, once grand and proud
Now conversion device, in this toxic crowd
Flickering screens cast a psychedelic glow
Beacons of life in a dead zone, you'd know
A concrete jungle, where nature's voice is stilled
Regenerated by the steel and worthless child
Until then, I'll play my part
A sentinel of rust and art
My heart a drumbeat, mechanical and cold
In rhythm with the radiation's hold
In the stillness, I spin, I sing
A haunting melody, a forgotten king
A symphony of dust and decay
Echoes of a world gone astray
Darkness recedes, like waves from a shore
As dawn's pale light, begins to explore
The ruins of dreams, and the shards of time
In this liminal zone, I still remain
TB-303 splutters, churning out a pulse
Sub-bass shudders, knocking souls from their husks
In the crumbling shell, a fragile refrain
A final lament, for a civilization in pain
As the day breaks, a new cycle starts
And I, the gramophone, remain within the heart
Of this Exclusion Zone, where time stands still
Guarding my last song, in the lethal chill.
