Track Insight / Lyrics
You trace the gutter's iron spine
Where moss and lichen intertwine
The cat moves silent, Felis catus
Paw pads wet on schist and slate
October sky and wet roof slate
Black cat prowls where you cultivate
Solanum nigrum, nightshade bloom
You trace the path through midnight gloom
Rain slicks the tile, Sphagnum wet
Your fingers know the soil's silhouette
The cat pauses, pupil wide and round
A mythic root in loam is found
October sky and wet roof slate
Black cat prowls where you cultivate
Solanum nigrum, nightshade bloom
You trace the path through midnight gloom
Chimney pot exhales a ghost of steam
The cat's green eyes, a chlorophyll dream
You speak the names: Atropa, Datura
The night garden grows by nature
October sky and wet roof slate
Black cat prowls where you cultivate
Solanum nigrum, nightshade bloom
You trace the path through midnight gloom
Pedal steel bends, harmonica cries
The cat leaps down where the belladonna lies
Your boots find purchase on the garden path
Roots drink deep the autumn's wrath
Dawn breaks pale on copper flashing seams
The cat retreats to daylight dreams
You press a seed to dark earth, patient, deep
October's promise you will keep
October sky and wet roof slate
Black cat prowls where you cultivate
Solanum nigrum, nightshade bloom
You trace the path through midnight gloom
Black cat prowls the wet roof slate
You watch the familiar fly
The pedal steel fades slow
Roots hold fast down below
Black cat on the wet slate
