Verse 1]
We were ridin’ east by lantern light, iron singin’ low and long
Powder stacked like promise in the dark, sayin’ we might just hold on
Engineer was hummin’ somethin’ soft, like he knew we’d make it through
Didn’t see no enemy ahead… didn’t hear a single clue
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the rails went white like winter came
Outta nowhere, without a name
[Chorus]
Ain’t no fire, ain’t no flame
Just the cold and no one to blame
Guns still loaded, never fired
Men lay still like the world got tired
Tracks froze hard where the devil ran
And death walked close like a quiet man
If you hear that night go numb—
Pray your hands can lift your gun
[Verse 2]
Train just shuddered, slowed to breath, like it hit an unseen wall
No explosion, no great crash—just silence over all
Jenkins reached to check the line… never made it back again
Swore I saw the dark move wrong—but I couldn’t say just when
[Pre-Chorus]
Shapes that slipped where shapes don’t go
Eyes play tricks in that kind of cold
[Chorus]
Ain’t no fire, ain’t no flame
Just the cold and no one to blame
Guns still loaded, never fired
Men lay still like the world got tired
Tracks froze hard where the devil ran
And death walked close like a quiet man
If you hear that night go numb—
Pray your hands can lift your gun
[Verse 3]
Found the engine—doors thrown wide, not a soul to drive her through
Captain’s coat still hangin’ there… like he just stepped out of view
Crates untouched, seals unbroke—but the guards were laid out clean
Not a drop where they went down… like they’d never even been
[Bridge]
They say wings’ll bring you fire
Hear ‘em scream and climb up higher
But this ain’t that—this ain’t war
This is somethin’ else for sure
You don’t hear it, you don’t see
It just takes who it wants to be
Leaves the rest to tell the tale—
Cold wind ridin’ iron rail
[Final Chorus (Stripped Down)]
Ain’t no fire, ain’t no flame
Just the cold and no one to blame
Guns still loaded, never fired
Men lay still like the world got tired
If you see them shadows run—
Son… you best not raise your gun
[Outro (Spoken / Half-Sung)]
We buried who we could that night…
Left the rest to the frost and steel…
Command says it was raiders…
But raiders don’t move like that…
…and they don’t leave the powder behind
ElCeviche
