10 Things Left Behind S1E 10: “The Last Song”

[INTRO] [Silence] [One piano note] [VERSE 1] You thought it was a story About a train that left one night You thought it was a photograph You thought it was a light You thought the woman in the yellow coat Was someone passing through You thought the letters weren’t for you And the song belonged to someone new [PRE-CHORUS] But listen again. [VERSE 2] The train was me The mailbox was me The photograph was me The woman was me The letter was me The voice on the radio Was me Every road was leading To the place I couldn’t go [CHORUS] It was always 11:17 It was always seventeen It was always that red umbrella Standing somewhere in the rain It was always the blue mailbox Holding everything I couldn’t say It was always that upstairs light Calling me back home again [VERSE 3] I wasn’t waiting for somebody I was waiting for myself I wasn’t looking for an ending I was looking for the missing shelf Where I’d placed the life I wanted And convinced myself was gone But some things don’t disappear Just because we leave them alone [BRIDGE] [Music drops to piano and voice] I remember now. The train. The rain. The photograph. The light. The woman. The letter. The song. The clock. The ticket. And me. [BUILD] Seventeen years ago At 11:17 I stood beneath the station light And watched my whole life leave. But here’s what nobody told me: The train comes back. [FINAL CHORUS] So I’m taking the train tonight I’m taking every word I saved I’m taking every photograph Every promise I was afraid to make I’m taking the red umbrella I’m opening every door I’m leaving seventeen years behind me And I’m not waiting anymore The train that left without me Was never the end of the road The woman in the yellow coat Was simply bringing me back home The blue mailbox held my letters The radio remembered my name And every song I thought was separate Was telling me the same thing: [FINAL LINE] Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Make the moment remember you. [OUTRO] [Train whistle] [Four-note melody from Song 1 returns, now major] [Clock reaches 11:17] [Train doors close] [Whisper] “All aboard.” [Music fades]