Track Insight / Lyrics
Dry leaves scrape the rusted bars
Blood moon hangs on broken stars
Camera catches what eyes miss
Night breathes cold through iron kiss
Halloween at the iron gate
Leaves dance slow, they hesitate
Blood-orange light paints your face pale
Shutter snaps the ghostly tale
Bus fumes fade on highway nine
You walked here past the county line
Gate posts lean like tired bones
Moonlight writes in silver tones
Halloween at the iron gate
Leaves dance slow, they hesitate
Blood-orange light paints your face pale
Shutter snaps the ghostly tale
Flash bulb burns the dark air thin
Gloom extends where woods begin
Film advances, thumb on gear
Something watches, drawing near
Wind carries a distant scream
Or just the river's muffled dream
You don't run, you don't look back
Frame the dark in white and black
Contact sheet develops slow
Shapes appear where no shapes go
Gate stays shut but hinges sing
Winter waits on broken wing
Halloween at the iron gate
Leaves dance slow, they hesitate
Blood-orange light paints your face pale
Shutter snaps the ghostly tale
Negatives hold what eyes deny
Branches claw the bruised purple sky
You pocket film, turn toward town
Gate stays standing, looking down
Halloween at the iron gate
Leaves dance slow, they hesitate
Blood-orange light paints your face pale
Shutter snaps the ghostly tale
Halloween at the iron gate
Blood-orange moon seals your fate
Last frame winds. Night holds its breath.