Parallel Lines Lyrics

Subway lights flicker, a tapestry of faces all around

Seven forty-five, Brooklyn to Manhattan bound

Hijab, suit, sari, in this melting pot underground

Jenna's lost in thoughts of her classroom, final day before summer's sound

Eyes meet across the carriage floor

With Alejandro, street artist to his core

Who are you? Where have you been?

Your mural on 5th, I've seen where you've been

Fleeting moments, eternal dreams

Nothing's quite as it seems

In this underground serenade

Two souls, a choice to be made

We're all just passing through

But connection's always true

He stands tall, portfolio in hand, gallery ahead

She sits still, lesson plans scattered, future unclear in her head

A world of difference, yet shared hopes they both dread

"Mind the gap," the speaker blares, breaking the spell of what's unsaid

The train jerks forward, time slips away

So much to feel, so much to say

Don't go, stay, let's rewind

Your art, my words, new worlds to find

Fleeting moments, eternal dreams

Nothing's quite as it seems

In this underground serenade

Two souls, a choice to be made

We're all just passing through

But connection's always true

The train jerks forward, time slips away

So much to feel, so much to say

Don't go, stay, let's rewind

Your art, my words, new worlds to find

Fleeting moments, eternal dreams

Nothing's quite as it seems

In this underground serenade

Two souls, a choice to be made

We're all just passing through

But connection's always true

Melodies intertwine like subway lines on a map

Harmonies rise and fall like the city's heartbeat

Solo alto sax breaks free, echoing through imaginary tunnels

Ensemble rejoins, building to a crescendo of urban dreams

Screeching brakes, lights go out, passengers gasp in fright

In darkness, their hands touch, a beacon in the night

"It's okay," he whispers, her fear he aims to quell

As lights flicker back, they're no longer parallel

Fleeting moments, eternal dreams

Everything's not as it seems

In this underground serenade

Two souls, a choice being made

We're all just passing through

But connection pulls us through

The doors open wide, a new path unfolds

"Coffee?" he asks, as new stories untold

In the echoes of what might have been

They step out together, ready to begin