Track Insight / Lyrics
You wind brass keys in frozen air
Saxophone bleeds through stone stair
Your shutter clicks on cracked glass face
Time holds breath in this dark place
Gears turn slow beneath the street
Piano notes and leather seat
You focus sharp on rusted crown
Shutter falls, the world slows down
Wound Chicago, springs unwind
Clock hands shake but keep the time
Camera steals what jazz leaves behind
You stay buried, alive, aligned
Lake wind bites through iron grate
Apprentice watches, learns to wait
Film loads slow in numb cold hands
Master sleeps while midnight stands
Gears turn slow beneath the street
Piano notes and leather seat
You focus sharp on rusted crown
Shutter falls, the world slows down
Wound Chicago, springs unwind
Clock hands shake but keep the time
Camera steals what jazz leaves behind
You stay buried, alive, aligned
Brass valves spit blue smoke rings
Drummer brushes broken strings
You frame dust on balance wheel
Silver halide starts to heal
No bus ticket, no westbound track
Just gears that never journey back
You click the moment, hold it tight
Darkroom develops night to light
Each tick a photo, each tock a frame
You learn to love the winding game
Wound Chicago, springs unwind
Clock hands shake but keep the time
Camera steals what jazz leaves behind
You stay buried, alive, aligned
Dawn cracks through basement window pane
Saxophone exhales last refrain
You pack the camera, wind the spring
Carry time in everything
Wound Chicago, springs unwind
Clock hands shake but keep the time
Camera steals what jazz leaves behind
You stay buried, alive, aligned
Wound Chicago, springs unwind
Clock hands shake but keep the time
Shutter clicks, the gears align
Wound Chicago, you keep time