Last Train
Last Train[1] is a song by The Midnight. It is the fifteenth and final track from their album monsters.
Track info
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The song was written by band members Tim McEwan and Tyler Lyle and produced by McEwan. The guitar on Last Train was performed by Izzy Fontaine. It has a running time of four minutes and twenty-two seconds and is in the key of F major.
During an interview with Magnetic Magazine, the band commented on Last Train:[2] <blockquote>
Tim: Very similar to “Brooklyn” in that it needed less production and the song needed to be front and center. No flashy synth or solos to take the focus away from Tyler’s voice and the story being told. It was Tyler’s idea to end the song with the line “we are all one beating heart.” Perfect.
Tyler: There’s a dark/light symmetry to the record, and last train was one of the last songs we wrote for MONSTERS. There seems to be a connection for me between the naiveté of “Prom Night” to the worn and weathered-ness of “Last Train.” Maybe they’re the same people? Maybe not, but I feel like “Last Train” moves us out of adolescence and prepares us for the setting of adulthood. “City Dreams” feels like the interlude that speeds up time, and suddenly, our protagonist is ten years in the future, but the same themes keep echoing back. Love still cuts like a wire. It’s no less of a risk, but the hope is that we grow, we learn how not to be totally overwhelmed by these feelings, but to embrace them. This song is a glimpse at the lessons learned in adolescence and the mystery that still survives into adulthood.</blockquote>
Lyrics
The top shelf tumbles
And the wall clocks run Well scotch bottles and the soda guns You missed the last train from the city tonight
Old friends see each other in a different different light
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The alphabet city's
Dive bars drone And two pilgrims seek a makeshift home You missed the last train from the city tonight Old friends see each other in a different different light
You missed the last train tonight
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There is a song
Singing in the dark Don’t get too close Or it’ll tear you apart There is a reason For every season
Of the heart
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There is a song
Singing in the fire Don’t get too close It cuts like wire There is a reason For every season
Of desire
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The subway rumbles under union square
The morning finds an unlikely pair Hotel lobby holding hands don’t blink don’t think don’t look in her eyes
Is this forever or is this goodbye
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There is a song
Singing in the dark Don’t get too close Or it’ll tear you apart There is a reason For every season
Of heart
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There is a song
Singing in the fire Don’t get too close It cuts like wire There is a reason For every season
Of desire
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Half in light and half in dark is where we start
Half in light and half in dark is where we are Half in light and half in dark is where we start
Half in light and half in dark is where we are
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We are one beating heart
Lyrics source[3]