[Intro] — [Hook] You know that feeling when you are nervous — you already know. When you tell yourself it is going to be alright — when you are lying straight to your own mind. --- [Pre-Chorus 1 – drums build with tom fills and bass climb] But tonight, maybe tonight is the difference. [short glitch burst just before drop to chorus] --- [Chorus 1 – dry snare low bass tight space] You are waiting for the impact on the platform, a happy funeral. Happy. The train arrives. Big low neckline, deep look, shoulders bare. [build up] [Hook] She steps off the train. You clean up the remains. You do not beat the bandit, you just pray he leaves what you demanded. --- [Instrumental Break – jagged guitar stabs + bass] [fast drums 4 bars, glitch pixel burst on last beat] --- [Chorus 2 – fuller band with open hi-hats and overdriven rhythm guitar] When it hits like a green light, hits your ex’s flat after midnight. But tonight is different. We take breaths under broken light. [Pre-Chorus] You will remember her name. You will put it all back in anyway. [Short instrumental] [Hook – short punchy] She stepped off the train. You cleaned up the remains. You do not beat the bandit, you just hope he does not take your time. [half beat pause, bass and drums hit back in] [Short instrumental] --- [Bridge 3 – high energy open hi-hats] You wait on the curb for a girl, shaped like a getaway, wearing traffic-light red, stitched-in regrets around the hem. [Hook] She might be the train, you the track. And if you time it right, it will not even look like a sweet accident. [Hook] She stepped off the train. You cleaned up the remains. You do not beat the bandit, you beat lovers (lovers bound for trouble). --- [Outro – breakdown to bass + vocal only] Maybe she will read it this time. Bear that in mind tonight. Bear that in mind tonight. [last word hangs in delay, abrupt stop on snare hit] [End]
