You trace copper foil on cracked tile floor
Morning sun hits dust through waiting room doors
Solder smoke rises where pigeons nested
Your fingers bleed color, uninvited
Flux burns sweet on cold fingertips
Each joint holds a story the glass admits
Light bends slow through amber and cobalt
You build what the depot forgot
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Fractured saints in peeling rows
Crimson crown on a broken nose
You solder the dark till the morning glows
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Platform benches rot beneath your boots
Timetables yellow like old cowboy roots
You cut cerulean for the ticket clerk's eyes
Ruby shards for the porter's last goodbyes
Flux burns sweet on cold fingertips
Each joint holds a story the glass admits
Light bends slow through amber and cobalt
You build what the depot forgot
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Fractured saints in peeling rows
Crimson crown on a broken nose
You solder the dark till the morning glows
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Hash browns sizzle on the grill back home
But here you're building a cathedral dome
Piece by piece in the drafty hall
The 6:15 never comes at all
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Fractured saints in peeling rows
Crimson crown on a broken nose
You solder the dark till the morning glows
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Tourists snap photos of your holy mess
You shrug and wipe sweat on a denim dress
The station master brings black coffee strong
Says "Kid, you're fixing what waited too long"
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Fractured saints in peeling rows
Crimson crown on a broken nose
You solder the dark till the morning glows
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Evening paints the west wall gold and deep
Your masterpiece wakes while the town's asleep
Three hundred pieces hold the dying light
A station reborn in the fading night
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Fractured saints in peeling rows
Crimson crown on a broken nose
You solder the dark till the morning glows
Lead lines map where the glory goes
Copper veins pulse in the glass
Night shift ends, the light holds fast