Track Insight / Lyrics
Fog rolls low on canal water
Steel ribs breathe in winter quarter
Guard boots knock on my cold spine
I hold the line, I hold the line
I am the arch that never sleeps
Iron bones the water keeps
Choir voice in metal throat
Singing notes the fog wrote
Lantern swings a yellow arc
Shadows stretch across the dark
He checks his watch, exhales a cloud
Silent prayer said soft not loud
I am the arch that never sleeps
Iron bones the water keeps
Choir voice in metal throat
Singing notes the fog wrote
Cobblestones drink up his tread
Memories of feet long dead
I shudder when the barge goes past
Low groan buried in the mast
I am the arch that never sleeps
Iron bones the water keeps
Choir voice in metal throat
Singing notes the fog wrote
No hymnal in my riveted chest
Just vibration, strain, and rest
But when his flashlight paints my side
I feel the trace of sung pride
Dawn will crack the purple grey
I'll carry him another day
Shift ends slow, the sky turns pale
Footsteps fade on iron rail
He taps my bolt, a quiet sign
Good shift, old girl, the line holds fine
I am the arch that never sleeps
Iron bones the water keeps
Choir voice in metal throat
Singing notes the fog wrote
Iron Hymn stays afloat
Fog lifts slow, the city wakes
Steel stands tall, whatever breaks