Waistcoat of Salt

Verse 1

Old

Sand

Cold gray sand

In the pocket of a waistcoat

Heavy with the salt of a waking tide

Spilling through a jagged seam

I saw the captain

I saw the crew

I saw the ocean turn to dust

Chorus

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The vision turns to heavy stone

Yes it turns to heavy stone

Hand to plow

Seed to furrow

Now is then

Today is tomorrow

Verse 2

Bark

Rough

Silver bark

Peeling back the skin of the forest

Where the ghosts of children play

Chasing iron hoops

Clatter on the cobblestone

Wet

Cold

Wet and cold

The morning mist is just a shroud

Chorus

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The vision turns to heavy stone

Yes it turns to heavy stone

Hand to plow

Seed to furrow

Now is then

Today is tomorrow

Bridge

Spin the wheel

Watch the thread

Measure out the living and the dead

Cut the cord

Sow the field

Everything you imagine is revealed

Is revealed

Is revealed

Guitar Solo

Verse 3

Ash

Bone

White ash

Flicker of a candle in a skull

Grinning at the garden gate

Lock the latch

Bolt the door

Keep the daylight out of sight

Sleep

Deep

Sleep so deep

The grave is just another bed

Chorus

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The dreamer builds the brick and bone

The vision turns to heavy stone

Yes it turns to heavy stone

Hand to plow

Seed to furrow

Now is then

Today is tomorrow

Post-Chorus

Brick and bone

Heavy stone

Brick and bone

Heavy stone

Ay

Ay

Outro

The sun is rising in the west

Lay the phantom down to rest

Close your eyes

Open your mind

Leave the waking world behind

Gone

Gone

Gone away