Metro II (The Terminal)

she’s beckoned by the turnstiles
she prays they’ll let her in
a token that she’s missing
for a dream that may begin

she hops across the banister
and darts down darkened halls
mad humming of the terminal
reverberates the walls

do you remember
how did you get here?
have you been here before?
I’ve become omnipresent
Omnidirectional
setting course
for every door

Like matching matryoshka dolls
each one of them her twin
their saddled faces twitching
from same scenes relived again

calling from the floor below
they tell her pick your path
the trains will know you where you wanna go
but they may lead you off the tracks.

closing doors
accelerating
motion blurs
on glass truncating

time and space
you picked your path
now take a seat
and feel its wrath

not really sure how to feel
does this ride stop
and who’s at the wheel?

Spastic frantic depleted face
Her thoughts surrender to the race

Awash in this din
a slave of some hum
like electrons in their loop
time’s racing and I can’t run

how did I get here?
have I reached the last stop at last?
White light drowning her senses
Predestinational
Leading up to a crash

she’s beckoned by the turnstiles
she prays they’ll let her in
a token that she’s missing
for a dream that may begin

she hops across the banister
and darts down darkened halls
mad humming of the terminal
reverberates the walls

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Credits:

• Mastering done by LANDR
• “Jane” voice from https://www.naturalreaders.com/