Track Insight / Lyrics
Taxus baccata leans on rusted rail
Night blooms jasmine where the saxophones wail
Mycelium threads through cracked cement veins
You balance wind above the subway trains
Root and wire twist in dark harmony
Chlorophyll and chrome share memory
Grow through iron, bloom where none can see
This basement jazz keeps gravity free
Steel cable sings a minor third tonight
Blue note drips from horn to damp stone light
Five hundred feet below the lake wind bites
I count heartbeats in quarter-note heights
Quercus alba drinks the spilled gin rain
Stomata open to the trumpet's pain
Lignin hardens where your calloused hands grip
Photosynthesis in the midnight slip
Root and wire twist in dark harmony
Chlorophyll and chrome share memory
Grow through iron, bloom where none can see
This basement jazz keeps gravity free
Nitrogen fixes in the cold air vent
Vibrato rusts the nail where time was spent
Cambium layers record every sway
We root in steel, we bloom where structures decay
Cymbal crash shakes dust from rafter beams
My boots find purchase in forgotten dreams
The crowd above hears only muffled bass
We cultivate silence in this place
Root and wire twist in dark harmony
Chlorophyll and chrome share memory
Grow through iron, bloom where none can see
This basement jazz keeps gravity free
Soil and steel entwine, quiet and deep
Chicago sleeps while we keep watch, keep
