Track Insight / Lyrics
You ride the ridge where pines meet sky
The storm has broken, clouds run dry
Each pole a sentinel, straight and tall
You watch the forest, watching all
Rain drips from the crossarm steel
Needles drink what heavens spill
Chain turns quiet, breath in gear
No other soul comes riding near
Needle wire, holding ground
Needle wire, single sound
Pine and pole in perfect row
You keep the line, you let it go
Needle wire, steady glow
Salt air memory in your hands
The lantern room on shifting sands
Now rubber meets the gravel track
No beam to sweep, just winding back
Rain drips from the crossarm steel
Needles drink what heavens spill
Chain turns quiet, breath in gear
No other soul comes riding near
Needle wire, holding ground
Needle wire, single sound
Pine and pole in perfect row
You keep the line, you let it go
Needle wire, steady glow
Fog lifts slow from fir crown tops
The insulator caps the drops
Your shadow stretches, long and thin
Where current hums beneath the skin
No logbook now, no oil to trim
Just tires singing on the rim
The forest keeps its own time
You ride the edge, you draw the line
Needle wire, holding ground
Needle wire, single sound
Pine and pole in perfect row
You keep the line, you let it go
Needle wire, steady glow
Dusk paints the wires copper gold
The pines stand watch, rooted, old
You turn the cranks, head for home
The watch is yours, and yours alone
Needle wire, holding ground
Needle wire, single sound
Pine and pole in perfect row
You keep the line, you let it go
Needle wire, steady glow
Needle wire, needle wire
Cold pulse runs the line
Steady now, steady now
