Track Insight / Lyrics
The bridge spans the poison river
Geiger clicks a steady shiver
Cobbler rubs the bridle leather
Till it glows like a dying ember
No other light will they deliver
He polishes night to a mirror
No lamp oil, no wick, no flame
Each stroke draws a beam from the gloom
Just leather and radium bloom
This bridge beats the dark every time
His apron stiff with the zone's gray dust
Boots sunk deep in the silent mud
The hide drinks the invisible thrust
And throws back a pale green flood
No sun touches this cursed crust
He polishes night to a mirror
No lamp oil, no wick, no flame
Each stroke draws a beam from the gloom
Just leather and radium bloom
This bridge beats the dark every time
I kept the lantern turning above
But this man makes light with his palms
No tower needed, no glass, no grace
Just friction and quiet psalms
A beacon the zone cannot remove
He polishes night to a mirror
No lamp oil, no wick, no flame
Each stroke draws a beam from the gloom
Just leather and radium bloom
This bridge beats the dark every time
The clicks grow slower, the shift is done
He wraps the bridle in oilcloth tight
The bridge still shines when the moon is gone
A path made of radioactive light
No battery, no wire, no sun
He polishes night to a mirror
No lamp oil, no wick, no flame
Each stroke draws a beam from the gloom
Just leather and radium bloom
The bridge holds the glow through the night
One man's work breaks the dark with light
Geiger falls silent, the leather stays bright
One man's work breaks the
