Lyric

The station platform, stained in sunset glow

We're waiting for the final train to go

"It's cold out, isn't it?"

You say and smile

I watch our breath turn white and fade a while

The canned coffee from the vending machine Is glowing softly in the fading scene

The checkered scarf you're wearing, soft and new

I wish my hand could brush the edge of you

Just one more step, a couple inches close

But this distance in between us only grows

The words I want to say are trapped inside

They're frozen on my lips where they can hide

So I just look away and face the sky

The evening's first star starts to blur my eye

Before you step aboard that train and leave

If only you knew how I really feel

The people flow like rivers through the gates

But in our bubble, all the motion waits

We talk of nothing, just to fill the air

A conversation going anywhere

I love the way it sounds when you laugh

I wish this moment could forever last

But if I speak and everything goes wrong

Is "just as friends" where we truly belong?

That one excuse is holding me back still I hear a train bell from across the hill

The words I want to say feel powerless

I hide my frozen fingers in my dress

The train's bright headlight cuts into the night

And it's arriving now to steal you from my sight

These few short seconds till the doors slide free

They feel as long as an eternity

I go to raise my hand to say "See you,"

When suddenly you say something new

"You know, that scarf looks really good on you... And... well, I really like your smile, I do."

I want to ask you what you mean, but then the bell

Your voice is on replay, I'm in your spell

Beyond the glass of the slowly closing doors

I thought I saw you smile, a little shy, of course

My own reflection staring back at me

This stupid, shocked expression, plain to see

What did you mean by what you said right now?

My heart is beating way too fast and loud

It's freezing out, but my cheeks start to burn

I hide my face inside my scarf and turn

I cannot hear the train that fades away

'Cause all I hear are those words that you said

All alone here on the platform now

The coffee in my hands is cold somehow

A cloud of breath for every smile that's showing

Can tomorrow please come soon?