Track Insight / Lyrics
Cobblestones keep the tide's cold breath
Gas lamps die on weathered stone
A rusted sentinel waits for death
Of night, in this piazza alone
Iron ribs wear salt and time
Spout bent low like a tired knee
No garden here, no vine to climb
Just pigeons and the waking sea
Rust in Rome, the morning comes
Rust in Rome, the long night runs
Water waits in copper veins
Light will wash the cobblestone plains
Handle cold from dew and frost
Green paint flakes like old ship's hull
Dawn creeps slow, no hurry, no loss
Square stays quiet, dark and full
Rust in Rome, the morning comes
Rust in Rome, the long night runs
Water waits in copper veins
Light will wash the cobblestone plains
Espresso steam will soon arise
Tables bloom on worn grey stone
The can reflects the waking skies
A keeper's ghost tends seeds unknown
Rust in Rome, the morning comes
Rust in Rome, the long night runs
Water waits in copper veins
Light will wash the cobblestone plains
I watched the beam cut through the gale
Counted flashes, logged the dark
Now I watch this metal pale
Catch the first light, make its mark
Tourist feet will trace the square
Cameras click at Bernini's face
But no one sees the patient care
Held in rust's slow, steady grace
Rust in Rome, the morning comes
Rust in Rome, the long night runs
Water waits in copper veins
Light will wash the cobblestone plains
Rust in Rome, the can remains
The spout drips once, the day begins
Keeper nods, the lantern thins
