[Hook: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, loud, swaging, belted] This valve knows more care than I do Notch holds every watering somebody walked into I came in dry, I stay because the metal is true Belt the line like it was always owed to you [Verse 1: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, swaging, measured] Rain drove me sideways through a door I did not choose Greenhouse air was leaf-warm, my coat still shedding news Rows at the front with hoses arranged in careful rows I meant to wait the squall out, keep my head down close Hand found the valve the way a drowning finds a rope Metal 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: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, swaging, warmer] Gardener says the words I half-recall from a screen Hose answers louder than the weather in between I am nobody to them, a silhouette in damp Yet the valve under my palm feels like a stamped Receipt that beauty still can sit inside a room Without a ticket, without needing me to bloom Swaging soft into a chest that wants to run Hard song, honest metal, no shortcut and no pun [Verse 3: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, nozzle tick, swaging, belted] Thumb finds nozzle tick smoothed by a hundred hands Strings climb with the notch like a map of where care lands I mouth the last water line before I know I will Voice breaks into open like a door across a hill Nobody turns to look, the gardener seals the day I leave the valve warmer than I found it, then I stray Rain has quit, the street is clean, my coat is almost dry Greenhouse valve still humming with a care that was not mine to buy [Bridge: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, loud, swaging, belted] Grip the valve, lift the chest Beauty hits harder when it will not rest Nozzle tick, rain outside I sang a care I did not sign [Hook: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, loud, swaging, belted] This valve knows more care than I do Notch holds every watering somebody walked into I came in dry, I stay because the metal is true Belt the line like it was always owed to you [Outro: Swaging bronze-lung male vocalist, quiet huge, rising strings ring out and fade] Nozzle tick, still holding Tell the greenhouse I kept singing [End]