Track Insight / Lyrics
I count the lenticels on weathered bark
Bur oak drinks the river dark
My fingers trace the mycorrhizal thread
Life persists in cracked and saline bed
Salt and soil, we hold the line
Rooted deep in current time
Tugboat pulls the jazz club's sigh
Hammond sings the lullaby
Engine thrums a low and steady note
Hull kisses silt where midnight currents creep
Muted brass sighs through the ventilation grate
Blue notes rise from concrete deep
Salt and soil, we hold the line
Rooted deep in current time
Tugboat pulls the jazz club's sigh
Hammond sings the lullaby
I measure growth in seasons, not in years
Rhizomes map the dark where light won't go
Each node a promise, each internode a verse
Written in the loam where quiet waters flow
Salt and soil, we hold the line
Rooted deep in current time
Tugboat pulls the jazz club's sigh
Hammond sings the lullaby
Propeller cuts the reflection of the moon
Deck lights paint the water gold and gray
Saxophone hums a low and salty tune
We tow the barges through the break of day
Leslie spins a slow rotary prayer
Bass walks down the chromatic stair
Two worlds meet where the river bends
Resilience grows where chaos ends
Now roots and rivets share the same quiet song
Salt and soil entwined in patient grace
No storm can shake the hold we've built below
We bloom in ballast, we bloom in place
Salt and soil, we hold the line
Rooted deep in current time
Tugboat pulls the jazz club's sigh
Hammond sings the lullaby
Salt and soil, we remain
Roots hold fast, tide turns slow
