Track Insight / Lyrics
You tie your bow to piling rusted deep
The mist clings low where silver willows sleep
Your oak ribs hold the shape the river gave
Salix roots drink deep beneath the wave
Waiting on the willows, waiting on the tide
Wooden bones remember what the current tried
Bridge spans above you, steel and concrete gray
You'll outlast seasons, you'll outlast the day
Lichen maps your gunwales, green and slow
Mycelium threads where iron nails let go
Quercus heartwood drinks the silty brown
Roots anchor deep where silence wears a crown
Poplar leaves tremble in the morning breeze
Acer patterns stretch across your knees
The bridge hums low with tires on its skin
You watch the water rise and watch it thin
Waiting on the willows, waiting on the tide
Wooden bones remember what the current tried
Bridge spans above you, steel and concrete gray
You'll outlast seasons, you'll outlast the day
Silt builds slow around your keel of pine
Decades pass like rings in borrowed time
No engine roar, no propeller churn
Just patient grain and lessons that you learn
Evening brings the heron to your side
No net, no line, just patience open wide
The mist returns, a wool blanket drawn
You rest in loam until the coming dawn
Waiting on the willows, waiting on the tide
Wooden bones remember what the current tried
Bridge spans above you, steel and concrete gray
You'll outlast seasons, you'll outlast the day
Salix breathes slow, roots hold fast and deep
The river keeps the promises you keep
