Midnight Train Lyrics

Grey midnight, alone in a train car

Passing by towns I never heard of

And I was holding on

Without a stop in sight

You stepped in, the green afternoon rush

I was frozen blue until your touch

Spent the summer there

Home was far away

The smoke filled aisles became our ballroom

When the sky thundered I held onto

You were the one I knew in my soul

My safety net, the only cure

I was ready to go

To jump off and follow your glow

Suitcase full of late May starlight

To the never ending end in sight

I wanted to dance

Hold on to you while I still can

Or something in that vein

On the midnight train

How happy I was holding your hand

Hurling through this barren wasteland

And if you could only see

What it meant to me

I told the moon all about you

Tied knots no hand can undo

Burning in the wind

My old sacred sin

Sorry you had to hear this

But you know I can't keep a secret

Every second felt like a gift

Like your incandescent laugh drifting

Like a ship forever sinking

It's true I barely knew you

Now tell me do you really think

You knew me too?

I know I talk a lot

I've said too much on my mind

Your words were short and to the point

I imagine that's how the gods must speak

And I almost bought your

Black and white world, your Anubis scale

Until I remembered

Who I was

Thank you for the sunshine

Thank you for the rain

For stepping through that door

Leaving me lying on the floor

Thank you for the lessons

Teaching me what love is

For all our stolen moments

On the midnight train

And that's just the story

Of how once you had me

Until your words cut through

The scars they once stitched up

It's ok I'm better

Off alone and one day

I'll find the one who's worth it

And I'll get off

The midnight train