Varnish and Smoke

[Intro]
[Verse]
The bus smells like wet wool.
Rain drips off the metal stool.
Window glass is cold and cruel.
Following a broken rule.
I stare at your left thumb.
Red paint is starting to succumb.
Feeling slightly deaf and dumb.
Waiting for the nerves to numb.
[Pre-Chorus]
The driver hasn't checked the mirror.
Everything is getting clearer.
But the meaning's getting thinner.
I forgot who was the winner.
[Chorus]
Static in the streetlights.
Running through the red lights.
I am losing my grip.
Watch the varnish chip.
The city is a hollow hum.
Waiting for the end to come.
[Verse]
Passing by the plastic plant.
Reciting a silent rant.
Something that I simply can't.
Words I didn't want to grant.
You said the kitchen was too loud.
I saw a shadow in the cloud.
Lost inside a lonely crowd.
Head is heavy, head is bowed.
[Pre-Chorus]
The driver hasn't checked the mirror.
Everything is getting clearer.
But the meaning's getting thinner.
I forgot who was the winner.
[Chorus]
Static in the streetlights.
Running through the red lights.
I am losing my grip.
Watch the varnish chip.
The city is a hollow hum.
Waiting for the end to come.
[Bridge]
Concrete walls and iron gates.
Everyone just sits and waits.
Checking watches, checking fates.
Heavy like a crate of weights.
The trumpet blares a lonely note.
Tightness in my tired throat.
Keep the buttons on my coat.
Watching all the shadows float.
[Hook]
Stop forty-two.
Is it me or is it you?
The sky is looking bruised and blue.
Nothing left for us to do.
[Chorus]
Static in the streetlights.
Running through the red lights.
I am losing my grip.
Watch the varnish chip.
The city is a hollow hum.
Waiting for the end to come.
[Outro]