Track Insight / Lyrics
You hold the lens to a gray sky
Watch as the heavy birds fly by
One silver helmet in the grit
Wait for the thunder to hit it
It is a snapshot of a war
Something you have seen before
Steel in the mud, cold and deep
While all the lucky soldiers sleep
The bus ride smelled like old wet wool
The diesel engine gave a pull
You saw a crater by the road
Where all the heavy metals glowed
It is a snapshot of a war
Something you have seen before
Steel in the mud, cold and deep
While all the lucky soldiers sleep
The distance hums a low bass line
A jagged edge of a crooked pine
You frame the shot with a steady hand
The only ghost in a ruined land
It is a snapshot of a war
Something you have seen before
Steel in the mud, cold and deep
While all the lucky soldiers sleep
Your boots are soaked in a brown stream
Life is a glitch in a digital beam
A small brass button in the clay
The only thing that stayed today
The flash goes off and the image burns
The heavy wheel of the empire turns
You check the focus and you zoom in tight
A sudden spark in the middle of night
You pack the gear in a nylon bag
The wind is shaking a white cloth flag
A bitter joke in a quiet place
The empty lines of a missing face
It is a snapshot of a war
Something you have seen before
Steel in the mud, cold and deep
While all the lucky soldiers sleep
Click, flash, focus, hold.
Steel in the mud, cold.
