[Intro – Ambient, minimal instrumentation]
(SFX: distant intercom & soft airport noise)
(Muted piano chords with ambient pads)
(Spoken (filtered):
“I thought distance would fix this…”
(beat)
“…but every gate looks like a goodbye.”
[Verse 1 – Low, confessional tone]
Tried to change the time zone,
New city, same sky.
Boarding pass in my pocket,
But you’re still on my mind.
I’ve walked a hundred terminals,
With your ghost at every turn.
All these flights to outrun something
I still haven’t learned.
[Pre-Chorus – Lifting gently, more breath in vocal]
New gate, new name on the screen…
But it still plays our last scene.
[Chorus – Full voice, melodic swell]
I board the flight, change the view…
But every gate still looks like you.
Different crowds, same deja vu —
‘Cause baby, I still look for you.
I fly to forget, land in the truth —
That I never made it out of you.
I’m crossing oceans, switching shoes…
But every gate…
Still looks like you.
[Verse 2 – Slightly more energy, vivid language]
Lost you in a time zone
My heart still calls home.
Tried to bury your memory
Under miles and chrome.
But the girl in 14C
Laughs just like you did —
And I swear the voice on the intercom
Knows everything I hid.
[Pre-Chorus – Stripped down, building emotion]
New flight, new city lights…
But you’re still in every goodbye.
[Chorus – Repeat, stronger harmonies]
I board the flight, change the view…
But every gate still looks like you.
Different crowds, same deja vu —
‘Cause baby, I still look for you.
I fly to forget, land in the truth —
That I never made it out of you.
I’m crossing oceans, switching shoes…
But every gate…
Still looks like you.
[Bridge – Quiet, intimate – only piano + vocal]
They say time heals,
But I still feel
Your name when the wheels lift off.
No matter how far,
You’re still the scar
That maps where I got lost.
[Final Chorus – Full production, emotional peak]
I board the flight, change the view…
But every gate still looks like you.
My heart’s still on standby, still split in two —
Between the past and something new.
I tried to leave, tried to choose —
But love like this, you never lose.
I take off, but I never do…
‘Cause every gate…
Still looks like you.
[Outro – Fade with ambient SFX + soft synth echo]
(SFX: boarding call, soft reverb)
)Spoken (very low):
“Final boarding call… still not over you.”
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