The Commute Does Not Take Me - SOL ARIA
词:Zhong Junxian
曲:Zhong Junxian
Not take me
not today
The commute used to swallow
my name between the stops
I would stand inside the window
with my face turned into fog
Every station took a little
every crowd took something more
By the time I reached the morning
I was not the one who left the door
Now the train door clicks in rhythm
and the guitar finds the rail
My reflection in the window
looks familiar through the pale
I put one song in my headphones
like a hand around my sleeve
The city can move through me
but it does not get to keep me
The commute does not take me
I carry myself through
Between the glass and the stations
I keep coming back into view
The commute does not take me
I am still here when I arrive
I bring my name across the city
and I keep my day alive
Not take me
not today
There is coffee in the paper cup
and a bag against my knee
Someone scrolls the morning headlines
someone hums off-key
I am not lost in the carriage
I am not just passing through
Every stop can take me forward
without taking me from me too
Now the train door clicks in rhythm
and the guitar finds the rail
My reflection in the window
looks familiar through the pale
I put one song in my headphones
like a hand around my sleeve
The city can move through me
but it does not get to keep me
The commute does not take me
I carry myself through
Between the glass and the stations
I keep coming back into view
The commute does not take me
I am still here when I arrive
I bring my name across the city
and I keep my day alive
I used to be a missing hour
between my door and where I stood
Now the route is just a river
and I cross it like I could
Not every crowded morning
has to empty out my chest
I can travel through the city
and keep what matters left
The commute does not take me
I carry myself through
Between the glass and the stations
I keep coming back into view
The commute does not take me
I am still here when I arrive
I bring my name across the city
and I keep my day alive
Not take me
the commute does not take me