
Silo Notch
[Verse 1: Reeving slag-hip male MC, reeving, heavy] Yard boss said scrap the rail, rust too far gone Paint blistered, bolts loose, leave it for the dawn I climbed to check the joints and felt the notches first Thumb found a ladder of cuts someone made when thirst And harvest met the same steel every year Five feet, five six, five eight carved clear I knew that spacing from a kitchen doorframe chart Dad marked my birthdays into wood and called it art [Hook: Reeving slag-hip male MC, loud, reeving] His marks on the rail I almost threw Height notches under rust the yard never knew I came to scrap a ladder, left with a spine Rebuild around the cuts that measured out his time [Verse 2: Reeving slag-hip male MC, reeving, colder] Crew said replace the whole run, cheaper in a week I said the middle span stays, patch around the peak They laughed until I rubbed the grit and showed the scale Dad's knife, dad's hand, dad's numbers in the rail He worked this silo when the county still ran lean I never asked the stories, now the steel fills in Reeving quiet through a job that wants a clean replace Some rails are receipts you do not dare erase [Verse 3: Reeving slag-hip male MC, notch grit, reeving] Dust lifts, notch grit catches yard light in the cuts Ladder-creak tick holds while I read the marks once Five feet even, then the jump that meant a growth I say his name once soft and that is growth enough I bolt the rail back true and leave the notches bare Paint stops before them like a border drawn with care Yard boss shrugs and marks the change without a speech Some rebuilds are a son who finally learns to reach [Bridge: Reeving slag-hip male MC, loud, reeving] Keep the rail, patch the rest Notch grit, father in the steel chest Ladder creak, harvest high His measure is the reason I climb Dust on my tongue, numbers in the grain I climb for him and I climb for the rain [Hook: Reeving slag-hip male MC, loud, reeving] His marks on the rail I almost threw Height notches under rust the yard never knew I came to scrap a ladder, left with a spine Rebuild around the cuts that measured out his time [Outro: Reeving slag-hip male MC, quiet heavy, ladder-creak tick rings out and fades] Notch grit, still climbing Tell the silo we keep timing [End]

