[Verse 1] My bag is at my feet Gate seat, numb knees We’re rolling slow as honey Past the row of silver wings A taxi map of cones Blinking red on the ground One more plane ahead of me I can’t get around [Pre-Chorus] You said we’d be airborne By the time the sun dips low But the line keeps crawling And nobody moves too slow [Chorus] Tarmac line, tarmac line I’m just waiting in the tarmac line Tarmac line, tarmac line Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine One plane moves, then one plane slides Tarmac line, tarmac line [Verse 2] The captain’s got a patience Like a train at a stop We watch the jet bridge fold in Then it doesn’t leave the lot Coffee in a paper cup Going cold in my hand I’m not mad, I’m just stuck here With my toes in the sand [Pre-Chorus] You keep checking on your phone Like it might make time obey But the runway’s one long thread And we’re wound up in the delay [Chorus] Tarmac line, tarmac line I’m just waiting in the tarmac line Tarmac line, tarmac line Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine One plane moves, then one plane slides Tarmac line, tarmac line [Bridge] Then the cones peel back And the engines start to sing Slow at first, then steady Like a promise made in spring I lean when the cabin shifts You grin like you knew all along We were never really stalled out We were just held in the song [Chorus] Tarmac line, tarmac line I’m just waiting in the tarmac line Tarmac line, tarmac line Baby, it’s your turn, then it’s mine One plane moves, then one plane slides Tarmac line, tarmac line
