Verse 1

I want to ride the rail, touch the veil,

Slide like I’m covered in mud.

Heartbeat slows, shadows grow,

Dripping ink inside my blood.

The ceiling melts, the colors shout,

And my name floats out of my mouth.

Pre-Chorus

Somewhere between the scream and the sigh,

I taste the echo of goodbye.

Chorus

Ride the rail to the other side,

Past the flicker of the fading light.

Touch the veil where the lost ones hide,

And sit for a while in the quiet night.

Ponder the ride, the cost, the climb,

A ghost of myself in borrowed time.

Verse 2

Fingers numb, I reach for sound,

But silence bends and pulls me down.

Sirens fade to angel hums,

Breathless lips but no more lungs.

Colors fade to silver rain,

I’m staring at my own last frame.

Bridge (Spoken-Word / Whisper)

I saw faces I had loved and lost,

Hands reaching through the gauze.

I wanted to stay, but something said “Go,

You’re not done, you still have roads to sow.”

Final Chorus

Ride the rail to the other side,

Where mercy waits on the edge of night.

Touch the veil, but I don’t cross wide,

Slip back through with a spark inside.

Ponder the ride, the hurt, the grace,

Come back burning, a different face.

Outro (Soft, Echoed)

I rode the rail, I touched the veil,

But I came back to tell the tale.