Verse 1

The rails hum low in the night

Like a hymn the iron sings

The air’s so thick it steals my breath away

And swallows everything

I’ve been waiting here for

Maybe it’s been years

The ghosts ride on shadow tracks

Whispering in my ears

Chorus

But the train won’t come

Just the wind and the rain

I'm bound to this phantom line

Verse 2

The station’s empty, the lantern’s cold

No fire can light my way

I hear the shuffle of broken souls

But they’ve got no words to say

I clutch my ticket like a rosary

Praying for steel to scream

The clock is laughing on the wall

Time isn’t what it seems

Chorus

But the train won’t come

Just the wind and the rain

I'm bound to this phantom line

Bridge

The stars blink out, one by one

As the tracks dissolve in the fog

I’m staring down eternity

Through the eyes of a stray dog

There’s promise in the distance

Sounds like the engine’s cry

Chorus

But the train won’t come

Just the wind and the rain

I'm bound to this phantom line

Outro

So I’ll wait till the earth caves in

Till the heavens start to wail

Till the rails give way to nothing

And the night unfolds its tale

The train won’t come; it never will

But I’ll sit here all the same

A shadow waiting for a shadow

Calling out your name

Calling a ghosts name

(That ghost on the line is part of who we are now, and even though that time is gone, it’s given us something. I love you, especially my fellow crooked trees.)