Track Insight / Lyrics
Grill sings low at three a.m.
Boots crunch deep on frozen stem
Coffee black and bacon fat
Iron cold against my back
Snow eats the fence line slow
Time eats the iron slow
We both know the way it goes
Nobody asks, nobody knows
Rust on the gate don't sleep
Rust on the gate don't weep
Snow falls hard on the orchard floor
We keep watch, we keep more
Regulars order eggs runny
Branches snap like bones, not funny
Hash browns crisp in cast iron pan
Fingers numb on the trigger stand
Snow eats the fence line slow
Time eats the iron slow
We both know the way it goes
Nobody asks, nobody knows
Rust on the gate don't sleep
Rust on the gate don't weep
Snow falls hard on the orchard floor
We keep watch, we keep more
Dawn cracks pink on the chrome trim
Light hits the rust on the iron limb
Short stack, butter, syrup pour
Shift ends slow at the orchard door
Steel turns orange, steel turns red
Flour on the apron, snow on the head
One feeds the belly, one guards the dead
Both got salt in the lines we tread
Rust on the gate don't sleep
Rust on the gate don't weep
Snow falls hard on the orchard floor
We keep watch, we keep more
Coffee pot sings empty song
Magazine empty, shift too long
Wipe the counter, lock the door
Walk the line once more, once more
Rust on the gate don't sleep
Rust on the gate don't weep
Snow falls hard on the orchard floor
We keep watch, we keep more
Rust on the gate don't sleep
Rust on the gate don't weep
Gate holds fast in morning light
Rust shines gold at dawn's first bite