Track Insight / Lyrics
Morning light hits rusted flange
Moss creeps slow on cold steel range
Used to taste the brine and foam
Now I watch the weeds come home
Bolts still tight from Belfast yard
Never thought I'd drop this hard
Chain lies coiled like sleeping snake
Dreams of depths I'll never make
Sun hits green like hollandaise
Slippery moss in golden rays
I was forged for salt and spray
Now the green eats me today
Heavy iron, holding on
Long after the ships are gone
Stubborn steel don't know to quit
Pigeons nest in flukes and crown
Best damn tenants in this town
They don't ask for overtime
Just sing songs in morning time
Rain falls soft on oxidized skin
Water finds the cracks within
I don't mind the quiet much
Better than a storm's rough touch
Night shift comes with whiskey stars
No more charts or harbor bars
I was forged for salt and spray
Now the green eats me today
Heavy iron, holding on
Long after the ships are gone
Stubborn steel don't know to quit
Steel remembers what it held
Every voyage, every swell
But memory don't pay the rent
So I sit here, permanent
Roots go deep where anchors bite
Concrete cracks in morning light
I'll outlast the factory floor
Iron lasts forevermore
Cook yells "Order up" next door
Grease pops hot on grill once more
I was forged for salt and spray
Now the green eats me today
Heavy iron, holding on
Long after the ships are gone
Stubborn steel don't know to quit
Moss and rust, we're stuck on it
Just iron and green remain
Heavy holds the rusted chain
