Track Insight / Lyrics
Passenger paid with a silver coin
Told me a tale of a place unknown
Where iron sleeps under temple stone
Forgotten deep where the winds have blown
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Engine coughs at the summit steep
Breath clouds out where the air cuts deep
Anchor waits in its frozen keep
Rust eats slow while the world's asleep
Iron beneath snow, iron beneath snow
Temple stands where the cold winds blow
Chain links snap but the fluke holds tight
Guardian sleeping through endless night
Wipers swipe at the falling white
Headlights cut through the fading light
Map shows nothing but dashed white lines
Faith moves mountains and heavy mines
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Engine coughs at the summit steep
Breath clouds out where the air cuts deep
Anchor waits in its frozen keep
Rust eats slow while the world's asleep
Iron beneath snow, iron beneath snow
Temple stands where the cold winds blow
Chain links snap but the fluke holds tight
Guardian sleeping through endless night
Old monk warned me with weathered hand
Nothing rusts in the holy land
But iron remembers what hands have made
Debt gets paid when the snow doesn't fade
Meter stops at the temple gate
Fare is done, no more need to wait
Touch cold flake on the rusted crown
King of the deep wears a thorny brown
Iron beneath snow, iron beneath snow
Temple stands where the cold winds blow
Chain links snap but the fluke holds tight
Guardian sleeping through endless night
Turn the key and the diesel roars
Down the switchback to distant shores
Rearview shows the stone peak white
Anchor dreams in the absent light
Iron beneath snow, iron beneath snow
Temple stands where the cold winds blow
Chain links snap but the fluke holds tight
Guardian sleeping through endless night
Iron beneath snow, iron beneath snow
Rust is the prayer that the metal knows
Meter clicks slow on the mountain road
Snow covers tracks where the old wheels rode
