Track Insight / Lyrics
Still water holds the winter light
Cobblestones glow beneath the night
I watch the one who watches me
Patient witness, rooted free
Frost forms on my dark surface skin
Quercus leaves fall, settling in
Footsteps pause on frozen stone
Shadows stretch where light has shone
Still water catches alley glow
Winter slow, the watchers know
I hold the light you cannot keep
Silent, deep, I never sleep
Betula bark peels white and thin
Roots drink deep where I begin
Breath clouds rise from woolen coat
Eyes fixed on this anchored mote
Still water catches alley glow
Winter slow, the watchers know
I hold the light you cannot keep
Silent, deep, I never sleep
Salix weeps in dormant grace
Time moves slow in this cold place
Pocket watch ticks, gold and bright
Measuring the stalker's night
Still water catches alley glow
Winter slow, the watchers know
I hold the light you cannot keep
Silent, deep, I never sleep
Pinus needles scent the air
No wind disturbs my surface bare
Gloves reach out but do not touch
Afraid of what they fear too much
Anomalous, the scholars say
But I just hold the fading day
No roots to pull, no leaves to shed
Just water, stone, and winter bed
Dawn breaks pale on brick and tile
Stalker gone after long while
Dew forms fresh on my dark face
New day begins in this same place
Still water catches alley glow
Winter slow, the watchers know
I hold the light you cannot keep
Silent, deep, I never sleep
Still water catches alley glow
Winter slow, the watchers know
Roots drink deep where I begin
Still water holds the light within
