Track Insight / Lyrics
Fog clings heavy on the switching yard
Rusted couplers sleep beneath the guard
Ferry horn moans low across the river
Deck boots strike steel, I shake and shiver
Iron hymn rises from the frozen rail
Altos hum where diesel engines fail
Half-remembered psalms in coal-dust air
My voice finds purchase, raw and bare
Signal lanterns swing like censers old
Brake shoes scream confessions to the cold
Switchman's lantern paints the frost in gold
Stories weigh more than the coal they hold
Iron hymn rises from the frozen rail
Altos hum where diesel engines fail
Half-remembered psalms in coal-dust air
My voice finds purchase, raw and bare
Hollowbody sings through Leslie spin
Organ breathes the shape I'm folded in
Muted brass bleeds low beneath the skin
Every note a place I've never been
Iron hymn rises from the frozen rail
Altos hum where diesel engines fail
Half-remembered psalms in coal-dust air
My voice finds purchase, raw and bare
Choir robes traded for a grease-stained coat
Harmony still rises in my throat
No stained glass here, just rivets, bolts, smoke
Chorus lifts where whistles used to choke
Morning burns the mist from off the rails
Freight cars groan like ancient liturgies
My alto shakes the dust from weathered scales
Iron hymn carries where the spirit sails
Iron hymn rises from the frozen rail
Altos hum where diesel engines fail
Half-remembered psalms in coal-dust air
My voice finds purchase, raw and bare
Last note hangs in Leslie's slow decay
Foot thump fades... I walk the other way
