[Verse] Shamppanjaa Nähtiin jälleen Kuu sua seurasi silmät sokaistu Heidän kuvajaises Peilikuva [Verse 2] Voitetaan Ranskaa Pyysit autoosi Sydänhyppyjä Karoliinan kanssa Muistihanat [Chorus] Tanssitaan koko yö Kertaa yksi kaksi siluettis Kesäyö Kun sydämesi sydämeni lyö [Bridge] Vapaita Tuulee turhaan Pieni levoton vihjailemme Beibilupaukset Menetämme [Verse 4] Onnea Juomaa Salassa aina Yksi portaikko Jusan ja sun kaa Karoliinas mä [Chorus] Tanssitaan koko yön Siluettis jää jäljet poltetu Kesäyö Kun sydämesi sydämeni lyö [Verse 1] The streetlights are halos for the void, circles of pale gold on asphalt scars. An energy drink warms in my hand, the other burrows in my pocket. I’m not sure if I want to stay awake or just keep avoiding sleep. There’s no place to go, no place to be, just me and a stray cat, crossing paths without looking back. [Verse 2] Then I see you— on a bench under a flickering bulb, your face glowing dimly from the screen you cradle like it’s the only real thing. The last bus is coming, its hum an inevitability, but you sit still, like you’re waiting for more than the groaning wheels and tired engine at its core. [Pre-Chorus] You briefly look up, The stray cat, once by me, has made its way to you, It becomes a silent connection between us, I feel The light above flickers— just enough to make you real. [Chorus] I linger on a swing, tethered by distance, imagining us in another life, another instance where we cross the street, share the bench, and turn this moment into something infinite. The bus will come, the world will spin and move, and you’ll remain a stranger I almost knew. A spark too far to catch the flame, A shadow soft, without a name. A fleeting thread, a quiet tune, A stranger I almost knew. I almost knew. [Verse 3] I imagine us— the way lives intertwine like roots breaking through concrete. We grow toward something warm: shared coffee in the cold, tickets to cities neither of us can pronounce, your voice becoming my favorite chord. But the bus pulls up, its doors sigh open, and you step aboard. [Bridge] I stay on the swing, watching tail lights vanish around the corner. You don’t know the life I built in the seconds between seeing you and letting you go. Maybe that’s for the best. [sparse piano] [Pre-Chorus 2] The fragile thought of you persists, I try to swing but it resists with a squeal. The empty bench taunts, and I hold my breath, a quiet goodbye you’ll never hear. [Chorus] I linger on a swing, tethered by distance, imagining us in another life, another instance where we cross the street, share the bench, and turn this moment into something infinite. The bus will come, the world will spin and move, and you’ll remain a stranger I almost knew. A spark too far to catch the flame, A shadow soft, without a name. A fleeting thread, a quiet tune, A stranger I almost knew. A stranger A familiar stranger I almost knew [Outro] The cat crosses the street again, its shadow swallowed by the dark. I walk home…alone with the hum of streetlights and the weight of what could be pressing into my hoodie pocket, an energy drink growing warm in my hand. A spark too far to catch the flame, A shadow soft, without a name. A fleeting thread, a quiet tune, A stranger I almost knew. A stranger A familiar stranger I almost knew [End]
