Track Insight / Lyrics
Subway hum, concrete breath
Neon pulses through the veil of night
Storming to the platform, heartbeat in my skull
Next-to-last train, I've got to make it real
I wait in darkness, thoughts a frenzied storm
The digital clock flickers, time's a wicked form
Each second precious, a fathoms-deep abyss
The distant chug of steel on steel, I silently dismiss
I grip the railing tight, like a lifeline cast
The afterglow of day, already long past
I pace the length of the platform, shadow on the ground
Hoping the lights, that spill and twirl around
Illuminate my path, be my anchor in the night
Flash to guide me home, cut through the city's blinding light
Neon nets and flickering signs, be my beacons in the dark
Last train home, I'm racing time, won't leave without a spark
Rail ties blurred beneath my feet, the grit and grime
Rain's insistent patter, drumbeat in my ears and spine
I've got a mile to cover, the distance stretches wide
The last train waits impatiently, time to make my stride
I grip the railing tight, like a lifeline cast
The afterglow of day, already long past
I pace the length of the platform, shadow on the ground
Hoping the lights, that spill and twirl around
Illuminate my path, be my anchor in the night
Flash to guide me home, cut through the city's blinding light
Neon nets and flickering signs, be my beacons in the dark
Last train home, I'm racing time, won't leave without a spark
Slowly shadows lengthen, the world goes into pause
I'm caught between the gleaming and the grey, no cause
To be here, lost in thought, the city never still
Distant choo-choos grinding out their mechanical will
Neon puddles, streets alive
Pulse of the city, my heartbeat inside
Last train home, I'm almost there
Flickering lights, the end of my prayer
The doors hiss open wide, the train's steel mouth consumes
I step inside, and the world outside is sealed and gone
The hum of wheels on tracks
the rhythmic beat of the ride
I'm subsumed by the dark, the neon pulse fades from my sight
