[Verse 1] The board goes dark at dawn On platform twelve, we wait A paper map is curling In a fist that can't unlace The rails cross up like nerves The timings slip and bend A thousand small departures And no one says when [Pre-Chorus] Red light at the mouth of the tunnel Red light in the wrist and the vein One more delay in the mirror And the whole town learns the name [Chorus] Red signal, red signal Hold me in place Red signal, red signal I know this face (hold me in place) Red signal, red signal We break the same [Verse 2] The turnstiles jam with strangers Coins cold in every palm Phones glow in every pocket Like prayers with missing psalms The engineer is silent The screen just counts the loss Each stop a tiny failure Each life a crossing crossed [Pre-Chorus] Red light at the mouth of the tunnel Red light in the wrist and the vein One more delay in the mirror And the whole town learns the name [Chorus] Red signal, red signal Hold me in place Red signal, red signal I know this face (hold me in place) Red signal, red signal We break the same [Bridge] If the line can’t carry one more body What can carry all this weight? Bills in the envelope, teeth in the jaw Names on a screen, then late [Breakdown] Stop. Wait. Listen. The station breathes like a failing machine And every door is a seam [Final Chorus] Red signal, red signal Hold me in place Red signal, red signal I know this face (hold me in place) Red signal, red signal We break the same (we break the same) Red signal, red signal Call out my name
