You sit on bench where travelers pause
Your leather case holds silent laws
The halogen flickers buzzing loud
Peeling paint wears like a shroud
No shutter snap no motor whir
Just rusted tracks and blur
The coffee's cold the grill's turned off
You wait for light to cut the scoff
Latent image waiting there
Silver sleeps in chemical air
Train depot hums a low refrain
You'll catch the light you'll catch the train
Your lens is capped your focus set
On platforms where the pigeons met
The schedule's gone the timetable torn
You're bait for dust and morning scorn
No shutter snap no motor whir
Just rusted tracks and blur
The coffee's cold the grill's turned off
You wait for light to cut the scoff
Latent image waiting there
Silver sleeps in chemical air
Train depot hums a low refrain
You'll catch the light you'll catch the train
The fry cook wipes his greasy hands
On apron stained by thousand brands
He sees you there a metal ghost
In depot where the time costs most
Developer bath the fixer tray
Red light glows at end of day
Images rise from chemical deep
While the city falls asleep
Latent image waiting there
Silver sleeps in chemical air
Train depot hums a low refrain
You'll catch the light you'll catch the train
Now morning breaks the halogen haze
The camera lifts to catch the rays
A click a wind the moment's caught
The train arrives the spell is taught
Latent image waiting there
Silver sleeps in chemical air
Train depot hums a low refrain
You'll catch the light you'll catch the train
Latent image now revealed
The depot's secret finally healed
