[Hook: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, loud, piledriving, belted] This rail knows more vows than I do Grain holds every promise somebody walked into I came in dry, I stay because the wood is true Belt the line like it was always owed to you [Verse 1: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, piledriving, measured] Rain drove me sideways through a door I did not choose Chapel air was candle-warm, my coat still shedding news Couple at the front with kids arranged in careful rows I meant to wait the squall out, keep my head down close Hand found the rail the way a drowning finds a rope Wood worn smooth by strangers who needed more than hope I told myself five minutes, then the strings began to rise Measured kick beneath them like a heart that will not disguise [Verse 2: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, piledriving, warmer] Priest says the words I half-recall from a screen Couple answers louder than the weather in between I am nobody to them, a silhouette in damp Yet the rail under my palm feels like a stamped Receipt that beauty still can sit inside a room Without a ticket, without needing me to bloom Piledriving soft into a chest that wants to run Hard song, honest wood, no shortcut and no pun [Verse 3: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, rail grain, piledriving, belted] Thumb finds rail grain smoothed by a hundred hands Strings climb with the grain like a map of where love lands I mouth the last vow line before I know I will Voice breaks into open like a door across a hill Nobody turns to look, the couple seals the day I leave the rail warmer than I found it, then I stray Rain has quit, the street is clean, my coat is almost dry Chapel rail still humming with a vow that was not mine to buy [Bridge: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, loud, piledriving, belted] Grip the rail, lift the chest Beauty hits harder when it will not rest Rail grain, rain outside I sang a vow I did not sign [Hook: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, loud, piledriving, belted] This rail knows more vows than I do Grain holds every promise somebody walked into I came in dry, I stay because the wood is true Belt the line like it was always owed to you [Outro: Piledriving bronze-ribbed male vocalist, quiet huge, rising strings ring out and fade] Rail grain, still holding Tell the chapel I kept singing [End]