Fog clings to Herengracht steel rails tonight
Your badge catches moonlight pale and thin
Water holds reflected gable light
You count the hours until dawn begins
Taxus baccata stands guard beside you
Dark needles drinking winter canal dew
Roots grow deep in silt where old bones sleep
You come undone where the dark waters creep
Glockenspiel chimes from old church tower
Each note a seed in frozen ground you sow
Speak to shadows in your quiet hour
Latin names the only words you know
Taxus baccata stands guard beside you
Dark needles drinking winter canal dew
Roots grow deep in silt where old bones sleep
You come undone where the dark waters creep
Brushed snare whispers on the radio
Static blooms like lichen on the bark
City sleeps but you
