Track Insight / Lyrics
You wake when the orchard wears its white coat
Branches heavy, bowed beneath the snow load
Lamp oil scent mingles with yeast in the air
Your hands know the rhythm, no need for a prayer
Oven light burns steady through the long night
Warmth rising like tide on a frozen height
Knead the dough slow, let the darkness breathe
Each loaf a beacon, each crust a wreath
Flour dust dances in the amber glow
Like phosphorescence on a harbor row
You shape each round with a keeper's care
Knowing storms come sudden from the upper air
Oven light burns steady through the long night
Warmth rising like tide on a frozen height
Knead the dough slow, let the darkness breathe
Each loaf a beacon, each crust a wreath
Apples sleep beneath their crystal quilt
Dreams of cider, sweet and sharply spilt
Your sourdough starter bubbles like a spring
Alive and patient, waiting for the ring
Sometimes the cold seeps through the stone wall cracks
Fingers stiffen, shoulders ache, the old knee cracks
But you remember waves on lantern glass
And how the light held steady, come what pass
Dawn bleeds pale across the snowy rows
Steam rises curling where the chimney blows
First loaf emerges, golden, cracked, and proud
A harvest born from yeast and cloud
Oven light burns steady through the long night
Warmth rising like tide on a frozen height
Knead the dough slow, let the darkness breathe
Each loaf a beacon, each crust a wreath
Villagers will come with baskets lined
Breaking bread where frost and fire twined
You'll watch them eat, then sweep the wooden floor
Already mixing the next batch, wanting more
Oven light burns steady through the long night
Warmth rising like tide on a frozen height
Knead the dough slow, let the darkness breathe
Each loaf a beacon, each crust a wreath
Oven light still burning when the day is done
Keeper's watch keeps turning with the rising sun
