Track Insight / Lyrics
I drank the rain on Beacon Hill
Back when the horses wore the shoe
I felt the weight, I felt the chill
Long before the avenue
These bricks know every footfall's name
We hold the line on Beacon Street
We drink the autumn wind and rain
We are the brick beneath your feet
The cabbie's hack coughs in the cold
His meter clicks a steady beat
I drank the stories that he told
Of fares lost on a dead-end street
The leaves fall gold on Commonwealth
They pile up where the gutters grin
I hold the silence, keep the stealth
Where weary soles push deep within
These bricks know every footfall's name
We hold the line on Beacon Street
We drink the autumn wind and rain
We are the brick beneath your feet
Frost heaves the mortar, splits the seam
The city salts the wounds we keep
But spring returns a golden dream
And wakes the roots where the dark lies deep
Now electric hums beneath my skin
The driverless cars glide quiet by
I'll let the future roll right in
But I won't bend, I won't die
These bricks know every footfall's name
We hold the line on Beacon Street
We drink the autumn wind and rain
We are the brick beneath your feet
We are the brick, we are the bone
This sidewalk stands on its own
The bricks remain when tires are gone
