Down where the damp black loam resides
Below where the heavy ledger hides
I track the roots of Hedera helix
Solving the basement's old complex
Iron flakes fall like winter snow
Deep in the cellar where we go
Tension builds in the wooden frame
Calling out a forgotten name
Gilded rust on a maple shell
Ringing like a muted iron bell
Sleeper wake from your wooden case
Find the light in this hollow space
Your spruce skin is peeling away
Turning a ghostly shade of gray
I tend to the moss on the brick
While the clock gives a heavy tick
Iron flakes fall like winter snow
Deep in the cellar where we go
Tension builds in the wooden frame
Calling out a forgotten name
Gilded rust on a maple shell
Ringing like a muted iron bell
Sleeper wake from your wooden case
Find the light in this hollow space
Four steel strings are snapped and thin
Letting the humid salt air in
I prune the vines of a dying weed
Planting a different kind of seed
Gilded rust on a maple shell
Ringing like a muted iron bell
Sleeper wake from your wooden case
Find the light in this hollow space
Rub the resin on the horsehair bow
Feel the hidden current start to flow
Rub the varnish with a linen cloth
Clean the wing of a velvet moth
Gilded rust on a maple shell
Ringing like a muted iron bell
Sleeper wake from your wooden case
Find the light in this hollow space
The archives open to the day
Washing the cellar grime away
Ficus leaves drink the morning gold
Breaking the grip of the ancient mold
Maple shell, iron bell
Gilded rust, break the spell
