CALDRIN - Cold Leather Seat [from the Ashes of Stormbanner 1985]

Cold leather seat. Engine dead Frost in the dark above my head Christmas lights somewhere far away Packed a lunch for a job long gone Drove my son. Then drove alone Kept it quiet. Held it tight Said it would turn. Said it was fine Something in the chest gave way Step by step, just backed away Shut the door. Stepped aside Told myself he’d hurt less this way Called it love. Called it strength Called it anything but fear I was walking away And the snow keeps falling down On a man who would not turn around Closed the door before he could Let the silence win Cold inside the hollow chest Let it settle in Thought that leaving kept him safe Never saw it break him Borrowed trust and borrowed time Crossed every line that once was mine Cards on red. Hope running thin Loss on loss still closing in Notice nailed against the door House stood tall. I did not anymore Rooms so loud without a sound Felt the ground give out Walking away Walking away And the snow keeps falling down And I would not turn around Closed the door before he could Let the silence win Cold inside the hollow chest Let it settle in Thought that leaving kept him safe Never saw it break him Sat that night in freezing steel Bottle warm. Nothing real Children laughing in the dark Cut like wires through the heart Snow on glass. Snow on air Snow on everything left there And the snow keeps falling down (falling down) On a man who would not turn around (turn around) Closed the door before he could (before he could) Let the silence win (silence win) Cold inside the hollow chest (hollow chest) Let it settle in (settle in) Thought that leaving kept him safe (kept him safe) Never saw it break him Cold leather seat Cold leather seat Cold leather seat Cold leather seat. Engine dead Cold leather seat. Engine dead