The Evidence Field – Five Minutes #NDCBingo2026 F5

© 2026 Irrelin. All rights reserved https://suno.com/@irrelin [Verse 1] My sister says they’re waiting at the font I tell her five, she says I sound like Dad “Five minutes,” he’d call from the hall already moving, halfway out the door That night he ran out to the tracks coat open, warning lamp in hand over the gravel through the yard before the southbound reached the bend [Chorus] He ran the line with the warning light He stopped the southbound at the bend Three hundred people made it home He knew exactly what it meant He knew exactly what it meant And did it... ...anyway [Verse 2] Someone had padlocked the switch in place and sent the southbound down the freight line Dad ran until the driver saw the warning lamp against the dark The brakes came on beyond the mill the southbound stopped there at the bend The freight caught him before he cleared the line [Break] Dad never came home [Chorus] He ran the line with the warning light He stopped the southbound at the bend Three hundred people made it home He knew exactly what it meant He knew exactly what it meant And did it... ...anyway [Bridge] My mother kept his supper warm He’d said five minutes on the phone His pen still lay across the page [Final Chorus] He ran the line with the warning light He stopped the southbound at the bend Three hundred people made it home He knew exactly what it meant He knew exactly what it meant And did it... ...anyway [Outro] The bells are on their second round I tuck my shirt in as I run I take the last six steps at once My sister holds the door for me I knew there’d still be time This song is part of a project called “The Evidence Field.” You can find the playlist here: https://suno.com/playlist/d1ec31a7-8155-4592-82f0-3e108271f63a