Track Insight / Lyrics
Gravel crunches under boots at six
Thermos steam rises in the thinning mix
Shack lights flicker, sodium sick and thin
You check the gate then check it once again
You're turning iron on the gravel bed
Salt eats the badge pinned on your chest
The beam sweeps slow across your rusting post
Twilight knows the watch you keep the most
Radio plays static through the night
Batteries die slow, fading into white
Your fingers stain orange on the steel rail
Flaking paint falls, each a tiny scale
Rain writes lines down the window glass
Each drop a tally for the hours that pass
Boots fuse to the floor where you have stood
Hinges scream like they never understood
I kept a lantern once, I know the cost
Of standing still while seasons turn to frost
The beam don't care who tends the glass so clear
It shines the same when no one's standing near
Morning comes but you don't leave your chair
Uniform turns ochre in the salted air
Keys grow heavy on the ring you hold
Rust has welded what was meant to fold
You're turning iron on the gravel bed
Salt eats the badge pinned on your chest
The beam sweeps slow across your rusting post
Twilight knows the watch you keep the most
New guard arrives with polished boots and shine
Asks how long you've walked this gravel line
You try to speak but voice is iron dust
Throat seized up, a hinge betrayed by rust
You're turning iron on the gravel bed
Salt eats the badge pinned on your chest
The beam sweeps slow across your rusting post
Twilight knows the watch you keep the most
The beam sweeps on
You're iron now
Gravel keeps its vow
