Starless Railroad Time

Verse 1

Ticket stub in my old blue jeans

Coffee stain on a farewell note

Silver watch says it’s half past leaving

Station clock swears I’m already gone

Rust on the rails

Dust in my lungs

I hum your name

Like a forgotten tongue

Chorus

Starless railroad time

All these tracks run out of sky

Every mile just folds behind

Like pages I don’t recognize

Starless railroad time

I chase the echo of your eyes

But the future’s running blind

On starless railroad time

Verse 2

Conductor speaks in backward phrases

Every answer sounds like “stay”

Windows show a younger version

Of the man I was today

Your face in the glass

Then it turns to steam

I reach for your hand

And grab the empty seat

Chorus

Starless railroad time

All these tracks run out of sky

Every mile just folds behind

Like pages I don’t recognize

Starless railroad time

I chase the echo of your eyes

But the future’s running blind

On starless railroad time

Bridge

Carriage lights flicker into constellations

A burning map I can’t align

Every door opens on the same old platform

Every clock stuck at our goodbye

Chorus

Starless railroad time

All these tracks run out of sky

Every mile just folds behind

Like pages I don’t recognize

Starless railroad time

I chase the echo of your eyes

Til the signal leaves my mind

In starless railroad time