Track Insight / Lyrics
Left behind on concrete cold
Steam still rising, story untold
Tour group passes, guide speaks low
Clicking counter, steady glow
I count the steps on Pripyat bridge
Mist clings thick to iron ridge
Geiger sings its metallic song
Ceramic waits the whole day long
Tourist boots and scientist shoes
No one sees the ceramic news
Handle chipped from ninety-six
Holding warmth like crucifix
I count the steps on Pripyat bridge
Mist clings thick to iron ridge
Geiger sings its metallic song
Ceramic waits the whole day long
Fox trots past at midnight hour
Nuclear bloom, a silent flower
My glaze records each radiation
Silent witness, no salvation
I count the steps on Pripyat bridge
Mist clings thick to iron ridge
Geiger sings its metallic song
Ceramic waits the whole day long
Cook once wiped me on his rag
Grease and coffee, no Geiger tag
Diner glow, fryer smoke
Now I guard this poison oak
No steam rises from my throat
Only clicks measure what I note
Half-life patience, half-life wait
Ceramic heart keeps perfect rate
Mist remembers what we ate
Sun breaks through the exclusion zone
Light reveals what dark has known
Footsteps return with morning shift
Mug endures, a heavy gift
I count the steps on Pripyat bridge
Mist clings thick to iron ridge
Geiger sings its metallic song
Ceramic waits the whole day long
Every click a tale to tell
Ceramic survives the hell
Click click click, I'm counting still
Ceramic heart on iron hill