You grip the yoke with grease-stained gloves
Fog swallows tracks the morning loves
Your camera clicks the coupling pins
Steel ribs glow where the rust begins
Thrum builds deep in the turbine skins
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Pressure climbs the gauge face white
Needle kisses red line tight
Dawn bleeds pale through vapor clouds
Engine wakes and roars aloud
Check thrusters now the yard awakes
Fog parts slow for your own sake
Rails gleam wet with halogen gold
Story frames in hands you hold
Thruster check the day unfolds
Switchgear hums a low bass note
Boxcars sleep in woolen coat
Your lens catches steam vent plume
Breathing rhythm in the gloom
Piston heart beats through the loom
[Pre-
Pressure climbs the gauge face white
Needle kisses red line tight
Dawn bleeds pale through vapor clouds
Engine wakes and roars aloud
Check thrusters now the yard awakes
Fog parts slow for your own sake
Rails gleam wet with halogen gold
Story frames in hands you hold
Thruster check the day unfolds
Signal drops to amber green
Cleanest light you've ever seen
Couplers lock with metal sigh
Freight train stretches toward the sky
Horizon swallows smoke and cry
Check thrusters now the yard awakes
Fog parts slow for your own sake
Rails gleam wet with halogen gold
Story frames in hands you hold
Thruster check the day unfolds
Radio crackles yard control
Clear the main line clear the coal
Your finger hovers firing key
History writes itself in steam
Morning breaks in copper gleam
Check thrusters now the yard awakes
Fog parts slow for your own sake
Rails gleam wet with halogen gold
Story frames in hands you hold
Thruster check the day unfolds
Wheels turn slow then gather pace
Iron song fills empty space
You bank the craft o'er sleeping town
Shutter clicks the sun comes down
Thruster check your wings are crowned
Check thrusters now the yard awakes
Fog parts slow for your own sake
Rails gleam wet with halogen gold
Story frames in hands you hold
Thruster check the day unfolds
Fog lifts slow the yard breathes clear
Thruster check you're already here