[Instrumental Intro] (mid-tempo syncopated groove, rubbery bassline, dry drums, clipped guitar stabs, faint neon keys) [Verse 1] Missed the first one Caught the last Rain on my collar Night moving fast Driver looks through me Like I’m part of the glass I drop in the coins And let the city pass Two seats up Somebody sleeps in blue A heel taps time Like it’s paid to My reflection rides In the window chrome With a face that says “Home, allegedly. Home.” [Pre-Chorus] Streetlights smear Like a cheap excuse Every turn I take Still comes back loose I got no sermon No bright insight Just this bus full of strangers And a pulse tonight [Chorus] Last bus home Neon on my sleeve The road keeps swaying Like it won’t let me leave Last bus home Half past don’t-ask-why I say I’m heading somewhere But the route says otherwise [Post-Chorus] Home, allegedly Don’t wait up for me End of the line’s no answer Just a seat and a street [Verse 2] Girl in the back row Talks to her phone Like whoever’s listening Already knows Old man snoring With his mouth half-open A kid with split knuckles And a joke gone broken I got one wet ticket Stuck to my hand And a head full of feedback I don’t understand Every red light Turns the windows red Like the whole bus knows What I should’ve said [Pre-Chorus 2] Shopfront signs And takeaway blues Everybody tonight Got something to lose I got no answers No straight way through Just this bus breathing diesel And a skyline askew [Chorus] Last bus home Neon on my sleeve The road keeps swaying Like it won’t let me leave Last bus home Half past don’t-ask-why I say I’m heading somewhere But the route says otherwise [Post-Chorus 2] Home, allegedly Still no key End of the line’s no answer Just a door and a street [Bridge] (Half-time) No big return No porch light grace Just the glass and the dark And my tired face I thought getting home Would quiet the noise But the wheels keep humming Like a room full of choices That’s all the night gives When the lights run thin A ride through the wreckage And a place to sit in it [Build Intensity] (drums tighten, bass gets heavier, guitars sharper, vocals more urgent but restrained) [Final Chorus] Last bus home Neon on my sleeve The road keeps swaying Like it won’t let me leave Last bus home Half past don’t-ask-why I say I’m heading somewhere And the route lets me lie Last bus home Still rolling slow I’m not sure it’s home But it’s somewhere to go [Final Post-Chorus] Home, allegedly That’ll do for me End of the line’s no answer But it gets me off the street [Outro] (bassline fades under bus-engine hum, dry final guitar flicker)
