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PLATFORM 3 lyrics
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Intro
Train doors hiss… 7:45… platform 3…
Verse 1
Yellow line on the map says you’re already there Last story you posted had that same café chair I cropped my ex out the frame, you cropped the ring off your hand We both said “no kids” but the timestamps don’t match the plan
Pre-chorus
Clock on my lockscreen says seven minutes flat Heart doing double-time, but the brain doing math
Chorus
We’re both lying, aren’t we? Screen to screen but the real us can’t breathe Profiles perfect, but the masks don’t match the scene 7:45, platform 3… who the hell are we? We’re both lying… aren’t we?
Verse 2
You said your job’s in finance, but the suit in your pics is rented I said I quit the bottle, but the empties in my story’s tinted We laugh about our filters like it’s cute that we hide But the train’s pulling in and the distance can’t lie
Pre-chorus
Last message you sent had a heart and three dots My reply had the same… guess we both like to plot
Chorus
We’re both lying, aren’t we? Screen to screen but the real us can’t breathe Profiles perfect, but the masks don’t match the scene 7:45, platform 3… who the hell are we? We’re both lying… aren’t we?
Verse 3
Whole car full of people scrolling their own little lies Same blue light glow on every face, same quiet disguise Nobody’s who they say, we’re all just curated noise Train’s slowing down… this is where we lose our poise
Bridge
I rehearsed this whole scene in my head for weeks You probably did too… guess we both like to cheat
Verse 4
Doors open… there you are… but the walk doesn’t match the stride Same eyes from the pics, but the smile’s wearing a disguise I see my own edits in the way you look at me We both showed up as someone we wanted to be
Verse 5
No big scene, no screaming, just two ghosts on the platform We laugh once, awkward, then turn and walk different directions in the storm Lesson learned at 7:45… truth costs more than a lie Next time I’ll send the real me… or at least I’ll try
Chorus
We’re both lying, aren’t we? Screen to screen but the real us finally breathed Profiles perfect… till the masks fell off the scene 7:45, platform 3… now we know who we’ll never be We’re both lying… yeah we’re both lying…
Outro
Next stop… whoever we really are…
Inside the recording
Train doors hiss… 7:45… platform 3…
Clock on my lockscreen says seven minutes flat Heart doing double-time, but the brain doing math
Next stop… whoever we really are…
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