The first impression on a midnight train

Title: First Impressions on the Midnight Train

Verse 1

The neon flicker cuts across your face

You sized me up and decided my place

Before the ice in your glass could even melt

You wore your boredom like a heavy velvet belt

A cold hello, a sharp turn of your head

Leaving all the unspoken words for dead.

Chorus

But the ship is sinking in the harbor tonight

While you wash your hands in the pale moonlight

Yeah, you built the fortress to keep everyone out

Now you’re drowning alone in your own pocket of doubt

Go on and walk away from the wreck

With your silver chains still around your neck.

Verse 2

I watched you poison the well with a smile

Practicing your exit strategy all the while

You claim you hate the drama and the noise

But you treat human hearts like dispensable toys

Another name crossed off your little black book

Before you even gave me a second look.

Chorus

Because the ship is sinking in the harbor tonight

While you wash your hands in the pale moonlight

Yeah, you built the fortress to keep everyone out

Now you’re drowning alone in your own pocket of doubt

Go on and walk away from the wreck

With your silver chains still around your neck.

Bridge

(Drums drop to a steady heartbeat rhythm, guitar echoes)

First impressions are a dangerous game

When you burn the bridge before you know my name

(Guitars swell with heavy fuzz distortion)

But the water is rising up to your knees

And your cold shoulder can’t stop the freeze!

Outro

(Guitar solo fades out into a solo bassline)

Yeah, look at the wreck.

Silver chains around your neck.

Sinking down.

Sinking down.