Track Insight / Lyrics
Pilot crouches under peeled paint
Checks each thruster, hand on faint
Gauge light flickers, copper wire
Fuel line hums like choir
Depot roof leaks rust on shoulder
Cold air bites, the night grows colder
Wrench turns bolt, a steady grind
Engine wakes, a low defined
Iron shelter, fire in the belly
Steel bird dreams, never weary
Thrusters breathe, the depot shakes
Dawn will find what night makes
Oil stain maps the concrete floor
Salt wind sneaks through cracked door
Pilot watches, waits, records
Numbers dance on steel boards
Iron shelter, fire in the belly
Steel bird dreams, never weary
Thrusters breathe, the depot shakes
Dawn will find what night makes
Lighthouse lens would catch this gleam
Far off shore, a different dream
But here the rails hold heavy weight
Pilot counts the hours late
Morning paints the iron ribs gold
Thrusters warm, the story told
Logbook snapped, the pilot climbs
Into cockpit, leaving rims
Wheels turn slow on rusted track
No turning once, no turning back
Sky opens wide, the depot shrinks
Pilot flies, the engine thinks
Iron shelter, fire in the belly
Steel bird dreams, never weary
Thrusters breathe, the depot shakes
Dawn has found what night makes
Iron shelter, fire in the belly
Steel bird claims the open sky
Depot stands quiet, empty now
Salt wind bows to morning vow