Northbound Lights

[Verse 1] Platform seven after dusk Coal-grey clouds above the tracks You were studying departures I was staring through the glass A conductor called for boarding Suitcases rolled like distant drums Somewhere between all those numbers Something quiet this way comes [Pre-Chorus] A whistle split the evening wide Steel sang against the rail I watched a hundred stories leave And wondered where ours failed [Chorus] Northbound lights, northbound lights Fading into blue Northbound lights, la la la la la Taking pieces too Northbound lights, la la la la la Tiny stars in motion slow Every road keeps moving onward Still I never seem to go [Verse 2] Sunday found the station empty Paper cups and scattered news An old piano near the lobby Played a melody half-used Someone laughed beside the ticket desk Someone hurried through the rain I kept hearing distant engines Like a memory calling names [Pre-Chorus] Schedules changed without a sound The board erased the day Some departures leave no warning Yet they leave all the same [Chorus] Northbound lights, la la la la la Fading into blue Northbound lights, la la la la la Taking pieces too Northbound lights, la la la la la Tiny stars in motion slow Every road keeps moving onward Still I never seem to go [Bridge] I don’t need a perfect ending Or a promise carved in stone Just a place beside another soul That feels a little less alone Not a headline or a firework Not a dream too bright to keep Only steady hands and open doors And something real beneath [Final Chorus] Northbound lights, la la la la la Vanishing from view Northbound lights, la la la la la Carrying echoes through Northbound lights, la la la la la Silver threads across the dark Maybe one day I will follow Maybe one day find my mark Northbound lights, la la la la la Far beyond what I can see Somewhere on another horizon There’s a place that’s meant for me