Track Insight / Lyrics
Boot heels strike the frozen stone
Each step a tally, yours to own
Wool coats brush the wooden gate
Coins drop heavy, sealing fate
You count the footsteps, one by one
The night is cold, the shift is done
The bridge holds fast, the river runs
Your watch ends with the rising sun
Breath clouds rise from collars turned
No names are spoken, none concerned
A child's mitten, lost and red
Lies where the cobblestones are spread
You count the footsteps, one by one
The night is cold, the shift is done
The bridge holds fast, the river runs
Your watch ends with the rising sun
The lamp gutters in the gale
You've watched this path for thirty years
The tally marks wear down the rail
No fanfare greets the engineer
You count the footsteps, one by one
The night is cold, the shift is done
The bridge holds fast, the river runs
Your watch ends with the rising sun
Snow settles on the brass plate
Number thirteen, forty-eight
Each life a weight, a step, a sound
The river ice makes hollow ground
Dawn bleeds pale across the steel
The last coin drops, the books you seal
Your lantern dims, the frost retreats
Another winter shift complete
You count the footsteps, one by one
The night is cold, the shift is done
The bridge holds fast, the river runs
Your watch ends with the rising sun
You count the footsteps, one by one
Before the winter morning comes
Frost bites the iron rail tonight
You lean into the lantern light
