Track Insight / Lyrics
Meter reads eight, fare drops at the pier
Fog hangs low, no tourists here
Chimney stacks wear green coats now
Nature takes her solemn vow
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Cast your line where steel once sang
Moss drinks deep where hammers rang
Water remembers every hand
Rust and reeds sing quiet song
Where the factory stood too long
Old man casts with steady hands
Time moves slow on ruined lands
Rust and reeds, we understand
Cab smells like rain and diesel smoke
Last fare vanished like a ghost
Concrete ribs drink morning dew
Sky wears gray instead of blue
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Cast your line where steel once sang
Moss drinks deep where hammers rang
Water keeps what time forgot
Rust and reeds sing quiet song
Where the factory stood too long
Old man casts with steady hands
Time moves slow on ruined lands
Rust and reeds, we understand
Meter runs but wheels stay still
Streets teach lessons, sharp and chill
Fisherman don't watch the clock
Takes what water brings to dock
Rust and reeds sing quiet song
Where the factory stood too long
Old man casts with steady hands
Time moves slow on ruined lands
Rust and reeds, we understand
Radio plays yesterday's news
Driver sings the avenue blues
Moss creeps up the loading bay
Nature calls the final pay
Rust and reeds sing quiet song
Where the factory stood too long
Old man casts with steady hands
Time moves slow on ruined lands
Rust and reeds, we understand
Fare box empty, night comes down
King and pauper wear same crown
Reeds sway soft where smokestacks stood
Water wears the neighborhood
Rust and reeds sing quiet song
Where the factory stood too long
Old man casts with steady hands
Time moves slow on ruined lands
Rust and reeds, we understand
Rust and reeds, we understand
Meter off, the shift is done
Rust and reeds... just one more run
