Track Insight / Lyrics
I touch the rust upon the rail
The winter fog is like a veil
Beside the canal the water flows
Where the Hedera helix grows
Oh, heavy steel in a winter sleep
A quiet secret that we keep
Wrapped in the frost of a Dutch sunrise
Seeing the world through a botanist's eyes
The freight car rests in heavy clay
It has not moved since yesterday
I prune the vines from the frozen door
Counting the rings of a forest floor
Oh, heavy steel in a winter sleep
A quiet secret that we keep
Wrapped in the frost of a Dutch sunrise
Seeing the world through a botanist's eyes
The bridge is stone and the air is chill
The city pulse is standing still
I plant a seed in the oxidized seam
Watching a dormant garden dream
Oh, heavy steel in a winter sleep
A quiet secret that we keep
Wrapped in the frost of a Dutch sunrise
Seeing the world through a botanist's eyes
The iron skin is a deep dark red
Where the wild climbing clover spread
We breathe together in the morning haze
Lost in the loop of the winter days
Oh, heavy steel in a winter sleep
A quiet secret that we keep
Wrapped in the frost of a Dutch sunrise
Seeing the world through a botanist's eyes
Iron and ivy, cold and grey.
(Ooh, ooh)
Just stay today.
