Track Insight / Lyrics
Bus wheels hiss on midnight avenue
Shutter snaps the shop in flooded hue
Leather breaths beneath a calloused thumb
Light bends slow where the night turns numb
Buff the grain till the neon gleams
Stitch by stitch, patch the torn-up seams
Rain can't wash what the hands make whole
Walk tall now on a neon sole
Rag wraps round the worn-in cherry wood
Daub of wax does the heavy good
Heel tap rhythm on the metal stand
City pulse beneath a steady hand
Flash cube pops, the moment froze in blue
Scuff marks tell where the footsteps flew
Thread pulls tight through the split vamp leather
Night holds breath, then snaps back together
Buff the grain till the neon gleams
Stitch by stitch, patch the torn-up seams
Rain can't wash what the hands make whole
Walk tall now on a neon sole
Lens cap on, the battery dies
Last drop rubbed in, the shine belies
Thunder rolls but the alley stays
One more pair for the morning haze
Negatives stack in a greasy sleeve
Awl sits sharp where the craftsmen leave
Bus pulls out with a diesel cough
Door clicks shut, the closed sign off
Buff the grain till the neon gleams
Stitch by stitch, patch the torn-up seams
Rain can't wash what the hands make whole
Walk tall now on a neon sole
Walk tall now on a neon sole
Neon sole
Rain hits pavement, camera clicks fast
Neon bleeds purple on broken glass