Track Insight / Lyrics
Heavy steel beneath boots, chilled air in lungs
Cog wheels pounding like fists, rhythm in my bones
Riveted iron cage, darkness abroad
Tonight, the rails are my stage
Shadows cast long silhouettes, from floodlights above
Cinders fall like ash from heavens, oil smoke clouds my view
Locomotives a heavy heartbeat, steel giants shudder and sway
In the bellows of industry, my search will not stray
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Through the yards, a maze of steel and hate
Each car a puzzle piece, each tag a tale to relate
In the anonym of the night, a truth I must unspool
The missing child, the warnings, the clues, the cruel rules
Rail Yard Reckoning, in the shadows I roam
Seeking answers, as the trains keep home
Reckoning for the lost, justice in my hand
A final call to the guilty, in this iron land
Rail tie splinters beneath my feet, a latticework of worth and weight
Echoes of derivation, a mocking, mournful sheet
Gauges merge and diverge, a labyrinth to unwind
Every boxcar a cell, every freight a crime to find
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Through the yards, a maze of steel and hate
Each car a puzzle piece, each tag a tale to relate
In the anonym of the night, a truth I must unspool
The missing child, the warnings, the clues, the cruel rules
Rail Yard Reckoning, in the shadows I roam
Seeking answers, as the trains keep home
Reckoning for the lost, justice in my hand
A final call to the guilty, in this iron land
Battering ram of rhythm, relentless, biting
Iron fists pounding the beat, pounding the night
Drums screaming through the din, to silence and claim
In the hallowed halls of metal, I'll find my way, my aim
Screams of metal, raw and ragged, shaking the bones of the yard
Cascading walls of sound, a tidal wave that parts
Burning, soaring, agonized, each note a cutting, scalding tear
The cry of the damned, the fury that rips through fear
Rail Yard Reckoning, in the shadows I have found
The truth in blood and steel, the secret laid on the ground
Reckoning for the lost, the guilty now revealed
In this iron crucible, justice is sealed
Locomotives pulse like a living heart
Steel cages weep with the weight of their parts
Cinders fade to gray, embers cold to touch
In the empty yards, my quest is done.
