Track Insight / Lyrics
Carbon arc strikes clean
Fog swallows rail yard whole
Nitrate breathes in thick steam
Projectionist guards the scroll
Count one two three four go
Hit the gate and roll
Sprocket teeth tear through more
Light cuts through the coal
Acetate sings in the gate tonight
Switch lamp paints the fog bone white
Shutter clicks a hymn rhythm
Beam cuts sulfur, beam cuts grime
Reel spins fast, heart spins faster
Carbon coughs, I am the master
No congregation, just steel and smoke
One man choir, one man joke
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Silver ghost on a lens of hope
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Shout it loud till the reels all broke
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Altar boy with a projector's yoke
Fog horn bleats a low drone note
Coal dust settles on my coat
Gate warps heat, emulsion screams
Fractured light, all fractured dreams
Reel spins fast, heart spins faster
Carbon coughs, I am the master
No congregation, just steel and smoke
One man choir, one man joke
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Silver ghost on a lens of hope
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Shout it loud till the reels all broke
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Altar boy with a projector's yoke
Nitrate flower burns blue and cold
Stories from a century old
Saints and sinners, celluloid
Flicker fast, die avoided
Take up reel, thread the path
Hold the dark, do the math
Focus sharp, aperture wide
Nowhere left for dark to hide
Latin rises from the throat
Kyrie eleison on a sinking boat
Gloria in excelsis, silver beam
Sanctus projector, holy machine
Whoa oh oh oh
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Spool in smoke
Burn it all
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Silver ghost on a lens of hope
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Shout it loud till the reels all broke
Spool in smoke, spool in smoke
Altar boy with a projector's yoke
Carbon dies, the fog remains
Projectionist walks the switch lamp lanes