Track Insight / Lyrics
I pedal past the Salix alba
Their roots drink deep from silty water
My lamp throws gold on rusted girders
Each spoke a radius, a measured quarter
Lantern bridge, you hold the night
Steel ribs glowing, pale and white
River breathes in tidal time
I ride the seam of reason, rhyme
Carex paniculata bows
To wind that combs the cable lines
My tires kiss the wet planks, sacred vows
No engine roar, just breath, no fables
Lantern bridge, you hold the night
Steel ribs glowing, pale and white
River breathes in tidal time
I ride the seam of reason, rhyme
Sphagnum cushions bridge stone feet
Where mortar crumbles, green persists
I map the flora, discrete, complete
A herbarium that the dark assists
Lantern bridge, you hold the night
Steel ribs glowing, pale and white
River breathes in tidal time
I ride the seam of reason, rhyme
The low whistle sings through fog lace
Bouzouki pulse in calloused hands
My legs turn circles, steady grace
The river knows the route I've planned
Mist lifts, reveals the water's skin
Silver scales in morning hush
No other soul, just roots within
The bicycle, a blooming brush
Lantern bridge, enough, enough
Quercus robur guards the far bank
Acorns drop in patient rows
I coast downhill, no need to crank
Where the estuary widens, grows
Lantern bridge, you hold the night
Steel ribs glowing, pale and white
River breathes in tidal time
I ride the seam of reason, rhyme
Lantern bridge, my constant climb
Dynamo fades, the bridge remains
Root and steel in silent gains
