[Verse 1] Fluorescent lights hum a mechanical tune At a gate that leads nowhere under the moon The departure board flickers in shades of bright white Trading the daytime for red-eyes at night Wheels on the linoleum, a low-rolling roar People just passing through an unfeeling floor We hold onto tickets like keys to a cage Turning a continent, flipping a page. [Chorus] Oh, the world is in transit, the world is on pause Chasing a dream or escaping a cause Between where you’ve been and where you belong An airport’s the verse to a traveler's song We’re all just baggage waiting in line Trading our spaces and killing the time. [Verse 2] An expensive cold coffee, a dog-eared paperback Staring at strangers, tracking the flight track Overpriced water and duty-free smoke A businessman laughing at some inside joke In the corner a couple is holding on tight One’s going left and one’s going right It’s a stage for goodbye, it’s a room for hello The only place built just to watch people go. [Chorus] Where the world is in transit, the world is on pause Chasing a dream or escaping a cause Between where you’ve been and where you belong An airport’s the verse to a traveler's song We’re all just baggage waiting in line Trading our spaces and killing the time. [Bridge] And the terminal windows are heavy and wide Showing the runway where giants collide With the gravity holding us down to the ground Until the metal takes off without making a sound And for just a few hours up there in the gray Nobody can reach you, you’ve drifted away. [Guitar Solo - Soft, atmospheric, echoing] [Verse 3] The intercom crackles, they’re calling my zone I turn off the data, I silence my phone Stepping down jetways into the unknown Hoping that somewhere feels a little like home. [Outro] Just a blip on the radar. Just a seat in the sky. Hello to the morning. To the midnight, goodbye. [Fades out with the sound of a distant jet engine]
