Brick sidewalk drinks the amber light
Courier boots split fallen leaves
My glass face catches pale daylight
Needle trembles barely breathes
Rusting north I hold the line
Frozen point on borrowed time
Courier walks doesn't know I'm here
Autumn steals another year
Iron oxide blooms like lace
Underneath the historic brick
Psalm of metal slow decay
Altar where the footsteps stick
Hymn of rain on copper skin
Alto breath in morning chill
Vestry gloom coils deep within
Liturgy of rust and will
Rusting north I hold the line
Frozen point on borrowed time
Courier walks doesn't know I'm here
Autumn steals another year
True north lies beneath the rot
Magnet heart beats faint and slow
Courier's parcel sealed forgot
I point where no one wants to go
Brick remembers every tread
Compass remembers only north
Autumn sings the requiem
Needle sings its quiet worth
Rusting north I hold the line
Frozen point on borrowed time
Courier walks doesn't know I'm here
Autumn steals another year
Rusting north still pointing on
Long after the courier's gone
