Track Insight / Lyrics
Gravel crunches under worn-out soles
Halogen cuts through wool-gray air
Shutter clicks on steel and carbon rails
Watchman nods from tower stair
Yard light sweeps the sleeping cars
Fog holds breath on rusted bars
I frame the dark with silver salt
Night keeps secrets, soft and vault
Steam unfurls from idling engines deep
My Pentax drinks the amber glow
Switchman throws a lever, slow and steep
Shadows stretch and shrink below
Boxcar doors slide shut with iron sighs
Coal dust kisses leather wrist
Lantern swings where signal amber lies
Time dissolves in copper mist
Yard light sweeps the sleeping cars
Fog holds breath on rusted bars
I frame the dark with silver salt
Night keeps secrets, soft and vault
Dawn will bleed through wire and rail
But right now the yard is mine
Every click a frozen tale
Develops in the halide line
Bus ticket burns inside my coat
Flashlight paints the coupling chain
One more frame before the boat
Yard light writes my name in rain
Yard light sweeps the sleeping cars
Fog holds breath on rusted bars
I frame the dark with silver salt
Night keeps secrets, soft and vault
Beam writes poems on the coal
Shutter closes, negative holds
Yard light watches as I go