The False Red Confesses

[Ներածություն] [Instrumental: two bars harmonized twin-guitar thirds, then galloping band entrance] [Տուն 1] You called me down where the tunnel bends A red lamp burning past the train Dispatch holds the next one at the platform While i trace the fault through wire and rain Headlamp cutting across the relay rack You read the numbers, i check the line The wheels have gone, but the signal says stop So i follow the circuit one contact at a time [Կրկներգ] Hold that train, keep the platform clear I’m finding where the false red came alive One relay at a time, one broken path We’ll bring the line back green tonight You keep them still, i’ll make the fault confess The passed train’s gone, but the warning remains [Տուն 2] You call the board, i pull the cover Dust on the screws, heat in the coil A contact hangs where the drawing says open A stubborn little lie in the copper and oil I bridge the point, then watch it settle You count the lamps from the far end back The red goes dark; the green comes steady Tell dispatch the next one’s clear on the track [Կրկներգ] Hold that train, keep the platform clear I’m finding where the false red came alive One relay at a time, one broken path We’ll bring the line back green tonight You keep them still, i’ll make the fault confess The passed train’s gone, but the warning remains [Guitar solo] [Instrumental: soaring harmonized twin-guitar solo over galloping riffs] [Կրկներգ] Hold that train, keep the platform clear We found the place where the false red came alive One relay at a time, one broken path The line is green; send the next one through tonight You kept them still; we made the fault confess The passed train’s gone, and the warning is gone [Ելք] [Instrumental: tight galloping riff, harmonized guitar thirds, decisive ending]