Track Insight / Lyrics
Midnight shift ends, grill scraped clean
Walk the alley where the moss grows green
Old textile mill, roof caved in
Letter pinned where the rust begins
Damp envelope, corners curled
Ink bleeding out into the world
Thumb tack holds it through the storm
Been there since the weather turned warm
Moss letter guards the broken wall
Rain soaks deep but the paper won't fall
Moss letter, patient, wet, and tough
Iron gives up but the fiber's enough
Regulars ask where I disappear
Say I'm feeding strays, keep it sincere
Truth is I read the smudged lines twice
Stand in drizzle, pay the price
Same thermos, same cold bite
Same letter in the failing light
Words dissolve but the meaning stays
Moss don't care about yesterdays
Moss letter guards the broken wall
Rain soaks deep but the paper won't fall
Moss letter, patient, wet, and tough
Iron gives up but the fiber's enough
Found a name, M. Delaney, eighty-four
Promised to meet at the loading door
Factory closed before spring arrived
Moss covers where the promise lived
Moss letter guards the broken wall
Rain soaks deep but the paper won't fall
Moss letter, patient, wet, and tough
Iron gives up but the fiber's enough
Cook eggs slow, watch the whites turn white
Think of the letter through the night
Moss don't rush, moss don't beg
Just covers over the iron leg
Moss letter guards the broken wall
Rain soaks deep but the paper won't fall
Moss letter, patient, wet, and tough
Iron gives up but the fiber's enough
Morning comes, the letter's still there
Moss grew an inch while I wasn't aware
I'll clock in tonight, same route, same shoes
Read the blur, pay the dues
Moss letter guards the broken wall
Rain soaks deep but the paper won't fall
Moss letter, patient, wet, and tough
Iron gives up but the fiber's enough
Moss letter holds what steel let go
Green wins slow but the green wins slow
Grease rag waits on the stainless steel
Moss letter's real, moss letter's real