The Last Train to Anywhere

#TheLastTrainToAnywhere #80sCinematicRock #Afterlight #EscapeSong The Last Train to Anywhere is a cinematic Afterlight closer built around piano, low synth pulses, huge toms and gradually expanding guitars. It is less about romance and more about two people deciding to leave behind a life that no longer belongs to them, without knowing where they will end up. The chorus is written to feel like the final scene of an 80s road movie. Lyrics: [Verse 1] The station board was flickering at two No destinations either of us knew You had one suitcase, I had one old coat And nothing left we wanted to bring home The clerk looked tired, asked us where we'd go You looked at me and said, "I don't know" He shook his head and handed us two fares For the last train running anywhere [Pre-Chorus] No plans No guarantees Just one door opening [Chorus] Take the last train to anywhere Somewhere they don't know our names Take the last train to anywhere Far enough to start again We don't need to know the ending We just need to leave from here Take my hand before it pulls away The last train to anywhere [Verse 2] We watched our town disappear in black Neither one of us looked back Factory lights became a distant glow Then fields and darkness swallowed everything we knew You rested your head against the glass Asked if I thought we were moving too fast I said, "Maybe, but for once I don't care" And kissed your hand somewhere out there [Pre-Chorus] No past No map Just steel wheels on the track [Chorus] Take the last train to anywhere Somewhere they don't know our names Take the last train to anywhere Far enough to start again We don't need to know the ending We just need to leave from here Take my hand before it pulls away The last train to anywhere [Bridge] Maybe there's a little town Where nobody asks where we've been Maybe there's a coastline Where the morning lets us begin Maybe we'll get off tomorrow Maybe we'll ride another day But tonight the only thing that matters Is watching home fade away [Instrumental Build] (A cinematic build beginning with piano and distant train rhythm, then deep toms, pulsing synth bass and layered electric guitars gradually entering until the arrangement becomes enormous.) [Final Chorus] Take the last train to anywhere Let the whole world fall behind Take the last train to anywhere We can build another life We don't need a destination We don't need the future clear As long as you're sitting next to me Anywhere is somewhere I can be Take the last train to anywhere And don't look back tonight The rails are singing underneath us And the morning's somewhere up ahead [Outro] Anywhere... Anywhere... Just don't take me back... (Fade with train wheels, low synth drone and one final piano chord.)