Track Insight / Lyrics
Moss cushions my stone joints tight
Sambucus nigra blooms at night
Fog clings to my riveted spine
Canal mirrors the gaslight line
Steel ribs hold the winter's breath
Fisherman mocks the slow death
Of sun on Herengracht's dark vein
I remain, I remain
Yellow slicker, wool cap pulled low
Rod bent with the pike's slow show
His breath plumes white in amber glow
Patience rooted, steady, slow
Steel ribs hold the winter's breath
Fisherman mocks the slow death
Of sun on Herengracht's dark vein
I remain, I remain
Urtica dioica stings my base
Fisherman checks his watch face
Eel slips through the murky space
Time dissolves in this cold place
Steel ribs hold the winter's breath
Fisherman mocks the slow death
Of sun on Herengracht's dark vein
I remain, I remain
My mortar drinks the brine and silt
Quercus robur shades my tilt
He reads the water, feels no guilt
Rhythm ancient, rhythm built
Seventy years I've spanned this flow
Seen ten thousand nets thrown slow
Roots grip deep where currents go
Steel remembers what waters know
Pale disc cracks the purple grey
Catch glints silver, slips away
Taxus baccata guards the way
Another night becomes the day
Steel ribs hold the winter's breath
Fisherman mocks the slow death
Of sun on Herengracht's dark vein
I remain, I remain
Iron sentinel, I remain
Fog lifts slow on Herengracht
I remain, I remain
