Track Insight / Lyrics
Brown coat heavy with the grey soot
Heavy boots on a blackened root
Searching for a lead that went cold
In a city where the air is old
Keep the embers burning red
Where the living walk with dead
Ash and iron in the rain
Same old story, same old pain
Flicker of a flame in the night
Searching for a sliver of light
Wet wool clinging to a tired frame
Writing down a dead man's name
Keep the embers burning red
Where the living walk with dead
Ash and iron in the rain
Same old story, same old pain
Streetlights broken on a dead end
Looking for a ghost of a friend
Empty pockets and a rusted key
Nothing here for a man like me
Keep the embers burning red
Where the living walk with dead
Ash and iron in the rain
Same old story, same old pain
Cold wind biting through the cotton
Every single lead is forgotten
Smoke is rising from a broken stone
Drinking bitter coffee all alone
The meter is running on low
Nowhere left for a driver to go
Wrong turn taken on a one way street
Where the cinder and the gravel meet
Sooty fingers on a leather book
One last desperate, long lasting look
The fire flickers then it slips away
Nothing left to do but wait for day
Keep the embers burning red
Where the living walk with dead
Ash and iron in the rain
Same old story, same old pain
Just another fare in the dark
Watch the ember throw a spark
End of the line.
